<div dir="ltr">I have seen many worker bumble bees foraging on the late fall flowers including fleabane and fall flowering raspberries; in the evening i find them immobilized by the cold temperature on the plants. Ill have a close look today for queens and try to track them to where they go.<div><br></div><div>John</div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Sat, Oct 19, 2019 at 1:27 PM Droege, Sam via Pollinator <<a href="mailto:pollinator@lists.sonic.net">pollinator@lists.sonic.net</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:monospace">All</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:monospace"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:monospace">A group of us are thinking of mounting an effort this fall to locate overwintering Queen Bumblebees. </div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:monospace"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:monospace">As part of that effort we are seeking information from you. </div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:monospace"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:monospace">If you have ever stumbled across a hibernating bumblebee of any kind we would like to know about the circumstances in a simple descriptive manner. The primary questions are below...any additional observations you want to add would be great.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:monospace"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:monospace">1. Location</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:monospace">2. Species</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:monospace">3. How far down in the soil was the queen</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:monospace">4. What was the soil like (e.g., dense, loose, sandy, clay, loam, silt, forest duff etc)</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:monospace">5. What was the immediate vegetation</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:monospace">6. Did you blunder into the queen or did you watch it excavating</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:monospace">7. Was there a tree shrub overstory?</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:monospace">8. Was it under any sort of root, stone, brick or something other than just soil?</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:monospace"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:monospace">Many thanks!</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:monospace"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:monospace">You can reply directly to myself and John Mola and we will summarize the patterns in a week or so.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:monospace"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:monospace">Thanks</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:monospace"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:monospace">sam</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:monospace"><br></div><div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:monospace"><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">"Can you do addition?" the White Queen asked.</span></div>"What's one and one and one and one and one and one and one and one and one and one?"<br>"I don't know," said Alice. "I lost count."<br><br> <span class="gmail_default" style="font-family:monospace"> - </span>Lewis Carroll - Through the Looking Glass.<br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>The queen bee is a busy soul<br>She has no time for birth control<br>That is why in times like these<br>There are so many sons of bees<br> <span class="gmail_default" style="font-family:monospace"> </span> -<span class="gmail_default" style="font-family:monospace"> </span>anonymous<br></div><div><br></div>-- <br><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div style="text-align:center"><i><b>How Can<span class="gmail_default" style="font-family:monospace"> </span> you Save the Bees if You Don't Even Know Our Names?</b></i></div><div style="text-align:center"><i><b>- Bee</b></i></div><div style="text-align:center"><br></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>
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