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patrickfraser

patrickfraser

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I'm at work and was warned of a swarm of bees approaching and to close my office doors. I guess the queen must have settled on a big spool for marine ropes and the hive has started to progress. We will be having someone out to remove them and move them to a better location. Very cool to see. I wish it was better, but just have my phone.

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Yeah, this guy comes and just vacuums them up and will move them to a more "bee friendly" area. Unlike where they decided to stop and colonize.

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I like this one of them just hanging off the edge. The wind would blow and you would see them sort of swing. I threatened my boss I was gonna give it a good kick if he got too close. :devil:

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and me being daring

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Not really daring. A swarm of honeybees is not defensive since they have no hive to protect. I doubt that swarm planned on staying there. I posted a thread about my bees and nobody seemed interested. And Alex, stop feeding honeybees to your mantids.....seriously.

 
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Well now people are afraid of things that sting so he's being pretty brave there.

I saw a swarm at my doctors the other day they had stopped in this guys wheel well.

But were gone when I came out.

I love the bees and the wasps.

We have a lot of cicada killers in our back yard.

I'll have to search for your thread Rick.

Why should he stop feeding them honey bees?

 
fleurdejoo said:
Well now people are afraid of things that sting so he's being pretty brave there.

I saw a swarm at my doctors the other day they had stopped in this guys wheel well.

But were gone when I came out.

I love the bees and the wasps.

We have a lot of cicada killers in our back yard.

I'll have to search for your thread Rick.

Why should he stop feeding them honey bees?
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Because honeybees are our major pollinators and their populations are in decline right now for various reasons. But you can't explain that to certain people here. They figure since they see plenty the honeybees are doing fine. They fail to see the big picture. But I bet if I started using wild mantids as food for something else this place would be in an uproar, even if whatever I used was a common species not in decline. It's just ignorance I suppose.

 
Ouch!

Well I think that they feel that the amount they are removing is insignificant in relation to the problem.

But...I hear and obey brother.

 
fleurdejoo said:
Ouch!

Well I think that they feel that the amount they are removing is insignificant in relation to the problem.

But...I hear and obey brother.
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Perhaps, but why add to the problem? Just selfishness.

 
Yeah! Popas eat carpenter bees! These things have been making me mad! Now, I will gather up all my females (ghosts, budwings, popas (in the future), and Chinese mantises to fight against these dopey flyers.

BTW, how do you catch them? I'm afraid to stick my hands in and catch them with a deli cup. Anyone have any pictorial homemade setups I could see and use?

 
sinensispsyched said:
Yeah! Popas eat carpenter bees! These things have been making me mad! Now, I will gather up all my females (ghosts, budwings, popas (in the future), and Chinese mantises to fight against these dopey flyers.

BTW, how do you catch them? I'm afraid to stick my hands in and catch them with a deli cup. Anyone have any pictorial homemade setups I could see and use?
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right before they enter their hole, sweep a net across the hole and u will easily catch them ;)

 

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