{"id":609,"date":"2017-05-05T14:35:46","date_gmt":"2017-05-05T14:35:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lifebylarabee.com\/?p=609"},"modified":"2022-07-23T02:21:10","modified_gmt":"2022-07-23T02:21:10","slug":"the-plight-of-the-bumble-bee","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifebylarabee.com\/index.php\/2017\/05\/05\/the-plight-of-the-bumble-bee\/","title":{"rendered":"The Plight of the Bumble Bee"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">My first experience with a bumblebee nest was a surprise.<\/span><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">\u00a0 <\/span><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">My son, Jonathan, and I had just finished a project for Cub Scouts that was aimed at obtaining a badge for nature study. He worked hard with me to build a really neat birdhouse.<\/span><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">\u00a0 <\/span><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Excitedly, he climbed a ladder and placed the birdhouse between limbs in the very large Maple Tree in the backyard.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"margin: 0px; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Jonathan was hoping that soon a bird would choose his birdhouse, and he could watch from his window the coming and going of the birds making their nest. He had watched every day, but no birds seem to even come close to the nest. I thought that there might be a problem with the positioning of the opening and the birds would not be able to get in through the hole. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"margin: 0px; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">I got the ladder out of the shed.<\/span><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">\u00a0 <\/span><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">I placed it upon the tree ready to climb up to see what was wrong with the birdhouse, a bird\u2019s eye view so to speak. To my surprise, I heard a buzzing sound just about halfway up the ladder.<\/span><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">\u00a0 <\/span><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">I noticed right away to my surprise two bumblebees\u00a0buzzing around me.\u00a0 I have seen the bumblebees at work in the yard as we have a flower and victory garden full of bees, of all types, every day, throughout the summer.<\/span><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">\u00a0 <\/span><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">I have never been stung or bothered by them, as long as you let them do their work, they seem to leave\u00a0us alone. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"margin: 0px; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">When I looked up I noticed not a bird in the birdhouse but a buzzing hive of bumblebees!<\/span><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">\u00a0 <\/span><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">I yelled to Jonathan to run into the house.<\/span><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">\u00a0 <\/span><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">I chose a quick jump to the ground and was on Jonathan\u2019s heals as we both ran for the door. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"margin: 0px; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">The bumblebees let us know we did not belong near their nest.<\/span><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">\u00a0 <\/span><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">That prompted me to learn about these bees and what to expect from them while they were in the back yard. As I found out unless they nest in the house near people, they pretty much do not bother humans, but I found that they are very important to us as pollinators.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"margin: 0px; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">These bees, as with most types of bees, go from flower to flower. In the process, they pick up pollen which is the male sperm of a plant. This allows flowers to become fertilized with the flowers&#8217; egg cells. It is very important to us that the flowers produce fruits, which we all enjoy, and allows for propagation of the plant. 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