tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7541969416563942273.post8017956860246634807..comments2023-06-19T10:11:05.122+01:00Comments on East Glamorgan Wildlife: Winter flying bees recording schemeAdam Mantellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08825643943800910778noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7541969416563942273.post-10976377960341567662014-01-12T07:40:09.837+00:002014-01-12T07:40:09.837+00:00I forgot to add that this Tree bumblebee sighting ...I forgot to add that this Tree bumblebee sighting was yesterday lunchtime, 11th January. NNigel Ajax-Lewishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18136604823643726331noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7541969416563942273.post-49657767008673448742014-01-12T07:38:42.833+00:002014-01-12T07:38:42.833+00:00Well they are still about in suitable conditions a...Well they are still about in suitable conditions as I had a queen B. terrestris fly through the garden at lunch-time last Tuesday, 7/1, with an obvious buff-tail and considerable size, but it was not about for long, although it was flying well direction wise in blustery conditions.<br /><br />Far more extraordinarily I had a smallish Tree Bumblebee B. hypnorum come and investigate a colourful Hamleys toyshop carrier bag I was using to collect clippings from a friend's lavender hedge I was pruning in Broadlands, Bridgend.<br /><br />One could endlessly speculate what it was doing. Was it an odd worker that had survived this far from last year? Was it a seriously undersized queen? Was it from an over-wintering nest?<br />Was it a worker from a "new" nest which must have been founded in Nov/Dec considering how mild if stormy this winter period has been so far.<br /><br />Heaven only knows, but I have put the record on the BWARS Tree Bumblebee survey <br /> http://www.bwars.com/index.php?q=content/bombus-hypnorum-mapping-project and will be interested and will report any reaction they make to this record.Nigel Ajax-Lewishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18136604823643726331noreply@blogger.com