Today we saw a really small bee (about half the size of a honey bee) that was kind of greenish. Looking it up in our book when we got home, we identified it as a 'small carpenter bee'.
Exciting! We have now seen 4 different kinds of bees!
Saturday, June 16, 2012
Monday, June 4, 2012
June 4 2012, 7:00 pm
Today we went out armed with our adventure backpack and library books. Annabelle is holding "Bees" by Suzanne Slade.
There were lots of honey bees ~ 20, but that was the only thing we spotted. I got a few pictures of them.
It was a warm, sunny evening, but our bee bushes were in the shade. Is that why the bumble bees had all disappeared? This was our first evening observation, so we will need to compare later.
There were lots of honey bees ~ 20, but that was the only thing we spotted. I got a few pictures of them.
It was a warm, sunny evening, but our bee bushes were in the shade. Is that why the bumble bees had all disappeared? This was our first evening observation, so we will need to compare later.
June 3, 2012, 11:00 am
Success with a picture! Bees are REALLY hard to photograph. They are small and fast. However, Sang took this one:
We took out a book from the library, "Insects of the North Woods" by Jeffrey Hahn. So, now we can tell you that the above picture is a honey bee (we had correctly identified that). What we were referring to as the small bumble bees are likely common eastern bumble bees. What we called the large bumble bees are likely golden northern bumble bees.
Goals: get pictures of the two bumble bees. Also, the book shows pictures of three other kinds of bees that maybe we can spot.
Today was sunny and warm, but not too many bees. About 5 honey bees, and 5 common eastern bumble bees.
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