As I ate my breakfast and watched my hives, I saw a bumblebee fly directly toward the entrance. The bees enmass met the bumble bee and slid down the landing pad of the hive to the deck below.
They completely surrounded the bumblebee - you can't even see the bumblebee, but in the second picture, you can see her brown wing at the upper left, sticking out of the pile-on of bees.
The battle went on for a while and at the end, the bumblebee would fly no more. The abandoned body of the bumblebee was dragged away from the hive and left on the deck.
Linda,
ReplyDeleteSally and I thoroughly enjoyed meeting you at the bee meeting tonight. And I've been enjoying your blog for a while.
Matthew
I found your blog while searching for "gardening" blogs. I'm fascinated by bees and love to read about them. Altho I am a bit leery of them in reality! It was very interesting to read about them killing the hornets to protect the hive!
ReplyDeleteLinda in VA (formerly of Milford, Ohio)