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No wonder bees are declining in numbers. They are so stupid! This week the queen bees have emerged and I suppose are looking for summer homes. One has flown into our glassed-over balcony. I have the window wide open because I am hardening-off some broadbean plants ready for planting out. The stupid bee is ignoring a huge hole 2m x 1m, and instead it is trying to fly through the glass ceiling :roll:
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They will make a "bee line" for the brightest light.

So if the Sun is high in the sky the bee has no reason to fly lower and find the hole.

I just catch them in a jar and release them.
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gardener wrote:No wonder bees are declining in numbers. They are so stupid! This week the queen bees have emerged and I suppose are looking for summer homes. One has flown into our glassed-over balcony. I have the window wide open because I am hardening-off some broadbean plants ready for planting out. The stupid bee is ignoring a huge hole 2m x 1m, and instead it is trying to fly through the glass ceiling :roll:


Trying to fly through the glass ceiling!.... must be an female executive Queen bee!
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We have had loads of them in the conservatory and some others I think are oh goodness cant think of the name! :roll:
Hang on I will remember.

They scare me because im allergic to the stings! :shock:
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Bees? :roll:
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I still cant remember what they are called! There not wasps and not bees but like them?
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grangers14 wrote:I still cant remember what they are called! There not wasps and not bees but like them?
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Hornets? The Japanese Hornets are the scariest beasties on the planet.
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So true Marky!! Hornets!!
Can you have a Queen Hornet?
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only if its married to the king hornet lol
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Yep thats the word Hornet :grin:
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