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17-04-2010, 10:03 PM
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| | | Hollowed bee's
I wonder if someone can tell me what's killed a lot of bee's in my garden?
They are what (not knowing the proper name) I'd call bumble bee's rather than honey bee's and this time of the year the willows and sycamore are usually buzzing with them.
Looking on the ground today I saw 20+ hollow dead bee's, they looked like they'd been eaten from the inside out. Is it some sort of mite that has caused this?
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18-04-2010, 05:37 AM
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| | | Re: Hollowed bee's
Possibly Great Tits- some are known to kill bumblebees like this. |
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| | | Re: Hollowed bee's
I guess they just think of them as flying peanuts then...?
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| | | Re: Hollowed bee's
Thanks aeshna5, it would never have occurred to me that Great Tits might be the cause - must refill the peanuts! | | |
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