<html><head></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">Any suggestions to explain this bumble bee behaviour? I've had bumble bees "pooling" around the base of a squash flower (barely moving), 6 to 8 or more (was thinking a dozen) near the end of summer, but have never seen this.<div><br></div><div>Thanks!</div><div><br></div><div>Nancy<br><div><br><div>Begin forwarded message:</div><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="auto"><div>
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<div><b>From:</b> Dennis Burnette <<a href="mailto:deburnette@triad.rr.com">deburnette@triad.rr.com</a>><br>
<b>Date:</b> August 1, 2013, 7:47:31 AM CDT<br>
<b>To:</b> Nancy Adamson <<a href="mailto:nancy.adamson@gnb.usda.gov">nancy.adamson@gnb.usda.gov</a>><br>
<b>Cc:</b> Anne Long <<a href="mailto:apllpa@yahoo.com">apllpa@yahoo.com</a>><br>
<b>Subject:</b> <b>Bumblebee Behavior</b><br>
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<div><span>Hi Nancy,</span><br>
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<span>I have a question about bumblebee behavior. I friend sent me the attached</span><br>
<span>photo. She said, "I was picking blueberries today and on ONE blueberry were</span><br>
<span>10 small bumblebees! And even yet another one came in to join while I held</span><br>
<span>them!" I'm wondering what to make of that congregation. Is it possible that</span><br>
<span>a female was in the center of the mass and all the others were males that</span><br>
<span>were attracted by her pheromones?</span><br>
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<span>Thanks,</span><br>
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<span>Dennis</span><br>
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