[Pollinator] [beemonitoring] Male carder bees wound native bees?

[Peter Bernhardt]

Dear Amy:

That's really an interesting comment and observation.  Please forgive me if
I share this with the others.

Peter

On Fri, May 15, 2015 at 8:55 AM, Amy Campbell <amycampbell55 at gmail.com>
wrote:

> It would be interesting to video these attacks with a camera that has very
> high shutter speed.  I have watched these bees in my yard and have found
> dead honey bees below lamb’s ears.  They body-block the intruders at such
> high speed.  I bet if a video was viewed in slow motion, it would show the
> technique of the wool carder.
>
> BTW, they LOVE Clary sage as a food source.  I have watched females
> basically being raped in the process of visiting these flowers.  And
> photographed them too.
> amy campbell
> rockport, me
> 236-8530
> campbell55 at MyFairPoint.net
>
> "My ears filled with the dozy hum of bees and those tiny and odd insect
> sounds that rise up all around, the sounds mingling in my mind with the
> good, deep smell of earthy life." Elisabeth Tova Bailey, in The Sound of a
> Wild Snail Eating
>
> "Americans spend millions of dollars on sprays and pest control devices or
> services to kill insects. Yet much of this is unnecessary. Education about
> insects, spiders and their relatives is critical to reduce fear of these
> fascinating creatures and increase appreciation of the services they
> provide and their beauty."  Dr.  Lynn Kimsey, Entomologist, UCDavis
>
> "In the name of the Bee —
> And of the Butterfly —
> And of the Breeze — Amen!"
> Emily Dickinson
>
> "If all mankind were to disappear, the world would regenerate back to the
> rich state of equilibrium that existed ten thousand years ago. If insects
> were to vanish, the environment would collapse into chaos."
> E.O. Wilson, Ph.D.
>
>
>
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