tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14731145.post5594695198139766828..comments2009-11-05T13:41:20.226-05:00Xris (Flatbush Gardener)http://www.blogger.com/profile/08467595231097695124noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14731145.post-18802138170665843342009-11-05T10:30:13.384-05:002009-11-05T10:30:13.384-05:00Just read your post on GR. Had not heard/ read your perspective on honeybees elsewhere. Thought provoking, thank you.Georgiahttp://localecology.orgnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14731145.post-67708126321355517412009-06-12T14:12:17.697-04:002009-06-12T14:12:17.697-04:00Congrats on the return of your cellophane bees! Your photos of them are beautiful. Thanks for explaining how you got the &quot;glamor&quot; shots! LOL<br /><br />I went to the Bee Watchers orientation at BBG a few days ago and am all pshyched about keeping track of our little buzzing neighbors this year. I love the Citizen Scientist model for studies like this. <br /><br />Can we get a sunny day already????<br /><br />Yikes.<br /><br />JessJesshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07671664823930015095noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14731145.post-64971695127343869302009-05-11T14:26:00.000-04:002009-05-11T14:26:00.000-04:00<B>nycg</B>: I don't want to talk about the carpenter bees. They are trying to eat my house! They're also responsible for the first, and so far only, insect sting I ever received, about 5-6 years ago. <br /><br />Haven't seen any yellow jackets yet here.<br /><br /><B>Kevin</B>: I don't think I have a hundred! But 40-50 is possible, and the area is only about 6 square feet. I'd really like to know what I'm doing right!Xris (Flatbush Gardener)http://www.blogger.com/profile/08467595231097695124noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14731145.post-8797712365677729522009-05-11T09:44:00.000-04:002009-05-11T09:44:00.000-04:00My cellophane bees came back as well, also in much greater abundance than last year-- I have about 100 Colletes buzzing around in a 30m2 vegetable/flower bed. At the start of this year I had to turn the soil where the bees nest and was worried that the shifting soil might kill the larva. However, the soil turning didn't seem to have a major impact (on this species at least). I also gathered one of the larva that I found while turning the soil and successfully reared it (and a stinkbug) to adulthood in a container in my house.Kevin Mattesonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11013982658791139460noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14731145.post-88102330101406180072009-05-09T14:41:00.000-04:002009-05-09T14:41:00.000-04:00For me the carpenter bees have been back for a month, but just a week or so ago, the yellow jackets returned.<br /><br />I was stung by one last summer, the first time I've ever been stung by anything.new york city gardenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02554893883207752597noreply@blogger.com