Do any of you see bumble bees around?

[Nocturnal]

I was listening to George Norey last night and someone called in mentioning not seeing bumble bees anymore. I've actually noticed this myself. I haven't seen a bumble bee in a long time now. Maybe more than a year.

 

[TWills]

George Norey obviously doesn't live in Kansas. Bumblebee heaven!!!

 

[d3n]

Plenty in MD.

 

[MrLuckyPants]

Saw a bunch around here (Central Illinois) a couple of weeks ago when the blossoms were on our apple trees.

 

[mb]

Ya know, come to think of it I haven't really seen any of them except for one the other day in some tall grass in my back yard.

 

[J0hnny]

Do bumblebees sting?

 

[Scarpozzi]

I saw one this morning.... I've been mowing my lawn so frequently there haven't been any of those flowers they like spawning up yet. I'm trying to figure out how to keep them from showing up.

 

[Chompman]

Originally posted by: Nocturnal
I was listening to George Norey last night and someone called in mentioning not seeing bumble bees anymore. I've actually noticed this myself. I haven't seen a bumble bee in a long time now. Maybe more than a year.

The first casualty of global warming...maybe this isn't so bad then.

 

[Chompman]

Originally posted by: J0hnny
Do bumblebees sting?

Yea but unlike hornets they die afterwards so you get your revenge after they get you.

 

[Crono]

I haven't seen any in a long time. (live in NY).

 

[Baked]

I killed them all w/ an electric fly swatter.

 

[43st]

Originally posted by: Crono
I haven't seen any in a long time. (live in NY).

They're everywhere in Westchester, even have a few nesting under one of the windows in our apartment.

 

[Zim Hosein]

Originally posted by: Crono
I haven't seen any in a long time. (live in NY).

Same here

 

[ty1er]

Up at my working place in RI they are buzzing around like crazy.

 

[Coquito]

They like the lilacs in my backyard(nyc). Big, hairy, & slow. Hard to miss.

 

[Chompman]

Originally posted by: Coquito
They like the lilacs in my backyard(nyc). Big, hairy, & slow. Hard to miss.

Hey now, don't call it slow just cause it's old...

 

[AdamSnow]

Not yet... too cold still.

 

[Sentinel]

i saw many when i was running the other day.

 

[Mr.IncrediblyBored]

Bumble bees are cool. I see them this time of year around the patch of flowers at my parent's house. I don't know why anybody would go out of their way to kill them. They sting, but they aren't aggressive like yellow jackets.

 

I just hit one today with my car.

 

[Sqube]

I see them every single day outside my window as I'm going into my house. Also in MD.

 

[funboy6942]

Pic of Bumble bee I took. There was two flying around the apple tree this day.

 

[iroast]

Originally posted by: Coquito
They like the lilacs in my backyard(nyc). Big, hairy, & slow. Hard to miss.

you've just described my brother. j/k.

 

[Chompman]

Originally posted by: funboy42
Pic of Bumble bee I took. There was two flying around the apple tree this day.

OMG, he is gonna deflower that poor tree.

 

[iamwiz82]

They were in the process of making a nest in my soffet before I put a stop to it