Tag Archives: bumblebee

Should you feed a tired bee?

Posted on July 5, 2018 by

Feeding bumblebees that are resting in a garden has become a thing. I’ve seen some twitter tweets with concerned citizens gallantly virtue signalling their good deed – giving a bee a drink of sugar water. Here’s a sample: You can … Continue reading →

Posted in Ecology, Save the Bees, Strange, Odd Stuff | Tagged , , | 8 Comments

Plight of the Bumblebees

Posted on July 10, 2015 by

Forty years ago, near Florida’s Ocala National Forest, I took the photos seen in today’s blog. This is a bumblebee nest, accidentally uncovered and exposed on the forest floor, in the winter of 1974 in central Florida. You can see … Continue reading →

Posted in Bee Biology, Climate, Ecology, Save the Bees | Tagged , , , , , | 4 Comments