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Title: Odd Looking Bee - After Rain Storm
Post by: rail on July 08, 2011, 08:32:48 PM
Is this just a drenched bee? Looks kinda charred?

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Title: Re: Odd Looking Bee - After Rain Storm
Post by: yockey5 on July 08, 2011, 08:46:45 PM
Bout drowned methinks! lol
Title: Re: Odd Looking Bee - After Rain Storm
Post by: AllenF on July 09, 2011, 09:56:47 AM
Need an umbrella?   Maybe a roof over their front porch.   May have been wash day?
Title: Re: Odd Looking Bee - After Rain Storm
Post by: b reeves on July 10, 2011, 09:28:35 PM
that is a very old bee as you can tell by the lack of hair on the back, which wears off as they age, probably last day alive
Bob
Title: Re: Odd Looking Bee - After Rain Storm
Post by: rail on July 12, 2011, 07:37:46 PM
Quote from: b reeves on July 10, 2011, 09:28:35 PM
that is a very old bee as you can tell by the lack of hair on the back, which wears off as they age, probably last day alive
Bob
Open hive today to inspect and saw another black, hairless bee? :roll: I guess I am learning the life cycle of the hive?

Title: Re: Odd Looking Bee - After Rain Storm
Post by: AllenF on July 12, 2011, 07:39:22 PM
They are just working themselves to death.
Title: Re: Odd Looking Bee - After Rain Storm
Post by: CapnChkn on July 12, 2011, 11:23:20 PM
I saw one just like it today.  Like a really bad wax job.  Sometimes they're robbers, the hair gets pulled off in fights.  This one was setting next to the entrance fanning with the rest, so I left her.

I usually notice the black ones, they stand out.  All the yellow hair is worn down and they look pretty bad.  The Light Brown/yellow ones I have to look closely.
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