Posted by Charles on August 26, 2007, 4:31 pm
I have a pond, so they can get water there if they're thirsty. there
are flowers all around, so they can get nectar.
this one insisted on drinking from my Coke can.
glad I heard her before I drank her.
Posted by Peter on August 27, 2007, 4:03 am
>I have a pond, so they can get water there if they're thirsty. there
> are flowers all around, so they can get nectar.
> this one insisted on drinking from my Coke can.
> glad I heard her before I drank her.
All that chemical soup... perhaps it was trying to commit suicide?
As Willy Shake wrote..
"To bee or not to bee?"
Posted by enigma on August 27, 2007, 7:48 am
> I have a pond, so they can get water there if they're
> thirsty. there are flowers all around, so they can get
> nectar.
>
> this one insisted on drinking from my Coke can.
then it wasn't a BEE, it was a yellowjacket.
it's not that hard to tell the difference, since they don't
look at all alike.
lee
Posted by Cheryl Isaak on August 27, 2007, 8:38 am
On 8/27/07 7:48 AM, in article Xns99994F7794571enigmaempirenet@199.125.85.9,
>
>> I have a pond, so they can get water there if they're
>> thirsty. there are flowers all around, so they can get
>> nectar.
>>
>> this one insisted on drinking from my Coke can.
>
> then it wasn't a BEE, it was a yellowjacket.
>
> it's not that hard to tell the difference, since they don't
> look at all alike.
> lee
Hee Lee, how's your summer been?
Actually, I've had mason and bumble bees investigate sweet drinks. Not
often, but it has happened at least twice. It was sweet mint tea, not a
cola...
C
Posted by enigma on August 27, 2007, 9:49 pm
> Hee Lee, how's your summer been?
busy. i bought a place in upstate NY, mostly for summer use by
the SO's family. it has a nice veggie garden spot ;) oh, and
black currents! i was really surprised & delighted to find
them.
i need to redo my upper garden. i think it'll be an herb
garden, but with a lilac because i'm not moving the poor thing
*again*.
how's your summer?
> Actually, I've had mason and bumble bees investigate sweet
> drinks. Not often, but it has happened at least twice. It
> was sweet mint tea, not a cola...
late August is when the yellowjackets go into overdrive
trying to store sweets & protein for winter (even though they
don't winter over well in New England). while the masons &
bumbles might investigate, those yellowjackets are staking a
claim & they love sodapop. it's good for baiting wasp traps
this time of year (whereas something stinky, like catfood,
works better in early summer)
lee
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> are flowers all around, so they can get nectar.
> this one insisted on drinking from my Coke can.
> glad I heard her before I drank her.