Wednesday, June 30, 2010

Sleeping Bees!

Found this wonderful blog --homeofthebudds--on my travels this a.m.  The post is "do bees sleep?"  Check out the amazing pictures.  One of the local blog readers said the bees are not asleep, they're drunk.  I dunno anything at all about bees sleeping out of the hive at night, but I really love this.  The local blogger who posted this on our town website said she finds sleeping bees in her flowers every morning!
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6 comments:

  1. Darlene4:23 PM

    I visited the blog and the photos are incredible. The blogger has the mother of macro lenses. The photography is marvelous.

    I don't know if the bees are high on nectar or if they were there all night, but they are certainly 'out of it.'

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  2. Xtreme English4:56 PM

    Darlene: U know wot crossed my mind? Maybe this is related to the hive death phenomenon. Maybe the bees are sick....and can't get home per usual. I agree they could be intoxicated--but not from nectar--from toxins. Sprays, etc.???

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  3. Xtreme English7:12 PM

    http://www.answers.com/main/ntquery?s=Buzzy+Bee+Garden+Behaviors+by+Jaime+Pawelek&gwp=13

    the above is an excellent article about sleeping bees in Answers.com

    I posted this in the comments on homeofthebudds, too.

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  4. Shammickite8:07 AM

    Maybe that buzzing noise is really the bees snoring?

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  5. Xtreme English8:13 AM

    shammy: you can do research on that! think of your contribution to science!!

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  6. naomi dagen bloom12:11 PM

    followed your buzzing and was thrilled with both pics & text. love your long, illuminating comment on busy bee guys. thanks!

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