[Pollinator] Overwintering Queen Bumble Bee Location Descriptions Needed

[John Purdy]

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.

John

On Sat, Oct 19, 2019 at 1:27 PM Droege, Sam via Pollinator <
pollinator at lists.sonic.net> wrote:

> All
>
> A group of us are thinking of mounting an effort this fall to locate
> overwintering Queen Bumblebees.
>
> As part of that effort we are seeking information from you.
>
> 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.
>
> 1.  Location
> 2.  Species
> 3.  How far down in the soil was the queen
> 4.  What was the soil like (e.g., dense, loose, sandy, clay, loam, silt,
> forest duff etc)
> 5.  What was the immediate vegetation
> 6.  Did you blunder into the queen or did you watch it excavating
> 7.  Was there a tree shrub overstory?
> 8.  Was it under any sort of root, stone, brick or something other than
> just soil?
>
> Many thanks!
>
> You can reply directly to myself and John Mola and we will summarize the
> patterns in a week or so.
>
> Thanks
>
> sam
>
> "Can you do addition?" the White Queen asked.
> "What's one and one and one and one and one and one and one and one and
> one and one?"
> "I don't know," said Alice. "I lost count."
>
>       - Lewis Carroll - Through the Looking Glass.
>
>
> The queen bee is a busy soul
> She has no time for birth control
> That is why in times like these
> There are so many sons of bees
>     -  anonymous
>
> --
> *How Can    you Save the Bees if You Don't Even Know Our Names?*
> *- Bee*
>
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John Purdy PhD
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