On Thu, 29 May 2008 14:19:07 -0700, "Paddy's Pig"
wrote:

Neat, what is it doing?

On Thu, 29 May 2008 21:23:33 GMT, joevan
wrote:

On Thu, 29 May 2008 14:19:07 -0700, "Paddy's Pig"
wrote:

Neat, what is it doing?
I took another look and I guess he is just being a busy bee,
pollinating flowers etc.

joevan wrote:
On Thu, 29 May 2008 21:23:33 GMT, joevan
wrote:

On Thu, 29 May 2008 14:19:07 -0700, "Paddy's Pig"
wrote:

Neat, what is it doing?
I took another look and I guess he is just being a busy bee,
pollinating flowers etc.


_She_, please.

Nice pic, PP.

--
wolf k.

On Thu, 29 May 2008 17:39:57 -0400, Wolf Kirchmeir
wrote:

joevan wrote:
On Thu, 29 May 2008 21:23:33 GMT, joevan
wrote:

On Thu, 29 May 2008 14:19:07 -0700, "Paddy's Pig"
wrote:

Neat, what is it doing?
I took another look and I guess he is just being a busy bee,
pollinating flowers etc.


_She_, please.

Nice pic, PP.
Raht you are. I was not thinking raht either.

"Wolf Kirchmeir" wrote in message
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joevan wrote:
On Thu, 29 May 2008 21:23:33 GMT, joevan
wrote:

On Thu, 29 May 2008 14:19:07 -0700, "Paddy's Pig"
wrote:

Neat, what is it doing?
I took another look and I guess he is just being a busy bee,
pollinating flowers etc.


_She_, please.

Nice pic, PP.



Thx Wolf.
--
Pat Durkin

She? I thought the queen bee stayed in the hive and laid eggs while the
worker who are all males went out gathering pollen and nectar.

Wolf Kirchmeir wrote:
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| _She_, please.
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| Nice pic, PP.

"Joan F (MI)" wrote in message
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She? I thought the queen bee stayed in the hive and laid eggs while the
worker who are all males went out gathering pollen and nectar.


Nope. All the worker bees are females.
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Pat Durkin

"Paddy's Pig" wrote in message
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Excellent! Thanks,

Mary

"joevan" wrote in message
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On Thu, 29 May 2008 21:23:33 GMT, joevan
wrote:

On Thu, 29 May 2008 14:19:07 -0700, "Paddy's Pig"
wrote:

Neat, what is it doing?
I took another look and I guess he is just being a busy bee,
pollinating flowers etc.

She is collecting pollen on her body's hairs which she'll then brush into
special carrying equipment on her back legs. The pollen will be taken back
to the nest where it will be stored to be fed to growing larvae.

Or she might just be preparing to suck nectar from the nectaries to take to
the hive where it will be stored, processed into honey and eventually eaten.

The plant will be pollinated by accident, not intent. Pollen (sperm) from
one plant will stick to her hairs, as you can see, then she'll visit another
plant and some of the earlier pollen will stick to the female part of that
flower, thus beginning the production of the seed/s.

Mary

"Joan F (MI)" wrote in message
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She? I thought the queen bee stayed in the hive and laid eggs while the
worker who are all males went out gathering pollen and nectar.

The workers are infertile females. The queen stays in the nest between her
mating flight and swarming. there are relatively few drones, who are male,
their promary function is to fertilise a virgin queen from another hive.

They may have other functions, a colony with no drones doesn't do as well as
one with.

Mary

On Fri, 30 May 2008 10:22:30 +0100, "Mary Fisher"
wrote:


"joevan" wrote in message
news
On Thu, 29 May 2008 21:23:33 GMT, joevan
wrote:

On Thu, 29 May 2008 14:19:07 -0700, "Paddy's Pig"
wrote:

Neat, what is it doing?
I took another look and I guess he is just being a busy bee,
pollinating flowers etc.

She is collecting pollen on her body's hairs which she'll then brush into
special carrying equipment on her back legs. The pollen will be taken back
to the nest where it will be stored to be fed to growing larvae.

Or she might just be preparing to suck nectar from the nectaries to take to
the hive where it will be stored, processed into honey and eventually eaten.

The plant will be pollinated by accident, not intent. Pollen (sperm) from
one plant will stick to her hairs, as you can see, then she'll visit another
plant and some of the earlier pollen will stick to the female part of that
flower, thus beginning the production of the seed/s.

Mary

Isn't the process just so wonderful!

Joan F (MI) wrote:
She? I thought the queen bee stayed in the hive and laid eggs while the
worker who are all males went out gathering pollen and nectar.

Wolf Kirchmeir wrote:
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| _She_, please.
|
| Nice pic, PP.




You've been had by Hollywood, who can't seem to get animal sex straight,
ever.

--
wolf k.

joevan wrote:
On Fri, 30 May 2008 10:22:30 +0100, "Mary Fisher"
wrote:

"joevan" wrote in message
news
On Thu, 29 May 2008 21:23:33 GMT, joevan
wrote:

On Thu, 29 May 2008 14:19:07 -0700, "Paddy's Pig"
wrote:

Neat, what is it doing?
I took another look and I guess he is just being a busy bee,
pollinating flowers etc.
She is collecting pollen on her body's hairs which she'll then brush into
special carrying equipment on her back legs. The pollen will be taken back
to the nest where it will be stored to be fed to growing larvae.

Or she might just be preparing to suck nectar from the nectaries to take to
the hive where it will be stored, processed into honey and eventually eaten.

The plant will be pollinated by accident, not intent. Pollen (sperm) from
one plant will stick to her hairs, as you can see, then she'll visit another
plant and some of the earlier pollen will stick to the female part of that
flower, thus beginning the production of the seed/s.

Mary

Isn't the process just so wonderful!


Yes, and it's worth billions of dollars per year.

--
wolf k.

More likely the passage of years has impaired my memory.

"Wolf Kirchmeir" wrote in message
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You've been had by Hollywood, who can't seem to get animal sex straight,
ever.

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wolf k.