The Bumble bees are in Crisis. Enjoy them now.

I thought It was mainly the honeybees that are dying off world-wide, due to Colony Collapse Disorder.


Bumble bees (also known as carpenter bees) are not, to my knowledge. If you have a link that points to thier untimely demise as well, many of us here would love to see it! Thanks for the clip.

I got this directly from the link I will look for it sorry I didn't include it I am new at this. The piece was beautifully done on the increase of dying bumble bees in the UK. I will search for the link and post it a.s.a.p.

Here is the link http://www.bumblebeeconservationtrust.co.uk/bumblebees_in_crisis.htm

Cool, thanks!

Bumble bees and carpenter bees aren't the same exactly.

Carpenter bees resemble bumble bees, but the upper surface of their abdomen is bare and shiny black; bumble bees have a hairy abdomen with at least some yellow markings.

I never let either of them get close enough to me to make that distinction. : )
Plus they sound like a small aircraft whenever they fly by as well...that I remember well.

I'm with you on that one, Napster. Today a dragonfly flew into my Jeep as my daughter and I were exiting. I was trying to get her to hurry up and get out (toddlers!) and I guess it buzzed by her head. She got so worked up that she fell out of the car and smacked her head on the open door and started screaming "get the bee off of me!" It took me awhile to get her to understand that it was only a dragonfly. It was really loud.