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RE: Bumble Bees are one of our largest pollinators. Here they are, doing their job!
Do you have the same kind of bees down there? They have some actual honey bees in India that are about the same size as Bumblebees, and are very aggressive too. :D
Yes we do and we have African bees and these bees that are as big as bumblebees but are all black and like to burrow into wood: trees, fence posts, as long as it wood.
I have seen the wood boring bees here too. Do they pollinate? My father in law used to hate them, because they liked to bore into his porch and firewood.
The African honey bees have been unable to take the cold here, so we have none.
♡♡♡Be grateful that you don't! They are vicious and attack in swarms and don't lose their stingers. Nasty. I have never seen the black ones anywhere other than my porch and drilling into trees and posts. I have never seen them anywhere near flowers so I assume that they don't.
A hive of Africans can be tough for sure! They are having some success re-queening the invaded hives.
I wonder what the wood borers actually do eat? Oh well, LOL!
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