Gessa Posted April 25, 2010 Share Posted April 25, 2010 I must say that I too have been amazed at their size and colour, they are massive. I saw a blue and white one the other day, I think that they belong to the strain of loser bees. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
melthebell Posted April 25, 2010 Share Posted April 25, 2010 YES. i have seen these scary looking bees too. Just the fact they are redish orange makes them scarier, especially to someone terrified of bees! the people i work with don't believe me! *dresses up as a large bumble bee and sneaks up on gothic going BZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ* Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mojo1 Posted April 25, 2010 Share Posted April 25, 2010 There have been a lot of extremely large bumble bees out and about, I'm a fan of the red tail bee and for one am clad to see it slowly taking over the world. I spent two hours in my mums garden yesterday looking at varying plants and bugs and counted 7 different types of bumblebee in her cherry trees going nuts for the blossom... including a couple of good old fashioned yellow and black ones of a slightly smaller variety. They are still around, it's just at this time of year the bigger bees seem to be on the move looking for new homes so we see a lot more of them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Twiglet Posted April 25, 2010 Share Posted April 25, 2010 I have seen dozens of bumble bees of late, they are sporting a new colour scheme, Black and red/orange! (and they are big!) A bit of a boring thread for most, granted, but I would love to know why they have changed from black and yellow. Is it a new species from far away? I remember the French Hornet invasion last year. Is this a similar invasion? There are around 8 species of bumblebee that are common and widely distributed in the UK - two of these are black with orange abdomens. No invasion - maybe you've just noticed more of them this year Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gessa Posted April 25, 2010 Share Posted April 25, 2010 Saw a black and white one yesterday - apparently it is a Grims-bee :D That is silly! I saw a red and white one today....it is obviously a wanna bee:hihi::hihi: Mines best! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spindrift Posted April 25, 2010 Share Posted April 25, 2010 The harsh winter will have killed off a lot of bug life. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MonkeyLover Posted April 25, 2010 Share Posted April 25, 2010 I saw a huge bumble bee the other day - big enough to have a saddle on! - didn't dare get close enough to notice the colour:hihi: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Badgerramble Posted April 25, 2010 Share Posted April 25, 2010 ;6169954']Bumblebee ID key... http://www.nhm.ac.uk/research-curation/research/projects/bombus/key_british_colour.html Thanks for the link Matt. The bees I've seen wouldn't wait for me to log on and check their exact stripage to determine which type of huge bees they were though. Seen quite a few big 'uns. I do love seeing bees. Something very cheery about them. Hate waps though - sting you as soon as look at you - evil wasps........ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MAMALOCHA! Posted April 25, 2010 Share Posted April 25, 2010 That is silly! I saw a red and white one today....it is obviously a wanna bee:hihi::hihi: Mines best! i saw a white one its was a bee np Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shanes teeth Posted April 25, 2010 Share Posted April 25, 2010 There are dozens of species of bumblebees, if not more, native to the UK. What is "more than dozens" ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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