tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15171402.post236084262247700792..comments2024-03-21T19:13:52.584-04:00Comments on Northview Diary: Almanacthreecolliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05811004278088768813noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15171402.post-50053363303286766802017-08-07T07:07:32.005-04:002017-08-07T07:07:32.005-04:00Jacqueline, I am pretty sure they are not yellow j...Jacqueline, I am pretty sure they are not yellow jackets, being smaller and blacker. I think these may be what they are: https://entomology.cals.cornell.edu/extension/wild-pollinators/native-bees-your-backyard It is how they appear anyhow, although I surely try to avoid getting close enough for a good look. I have only been stung once and that was plenty. Although every account says that they are not aggressive, they sure are around here, and their stings are like fire. I see that you are correct that the females dig individual tunnels but they are 'gregarious nesters'. In the yard by the driveway there is an extensive system of tunnels that goes at least ten feet. Jade mows really fast there and otherwise we don't go there at all. I feel really bad for your experience! Yowsa, that must have been terrible!!!!threecolliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05811004278088768813noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15171402.post-63688758364505874122017-08-07T00:46:00.797-04:002017-08-07T00:46:00.797-04:00I loved your account of the birds and the bees. C...I loved your account of the birds and the bees. Could your ground-dwelling bees be yellow jacket wasps instead of bees? I usually think of the ground-dwelling bees as solitary and therefore non-aggressive because they have no colony to defend. I have had the grave misfortune of stepping on a nest where stinging insects (I assume they were wasps because they stung again and again) came swarming out and pursued me no matter how far and fast I ran. This happened once when I was crouching behind a tree to pee, and the wasps were in my pants so I couldn't pull them up and had to run bare-bottomed with my pants around my ankles. I'm glad there was no one else around!Jacqueline Donnellyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13390548854179921303noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15171402.post-74438197590152086862017-08-05T06:37:03.835-04:002017-08-05T06:37:03.835-04:00Linda, we keep thinking the weather has finally ch...Linda, we keep thinking the weather has finally changed and then we get nailed again. It is getting serious indeed. We rely on hay money to pay the taxes, which as you know are a serious deal in NYS<br /><br />Cathy, rained off and on all day yesterday too and is sprinkling now. Ugh!threecolliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05811004278088768813noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15171402.post-79454857716309226562017-08-04T19:08:13.178-04:002017-08-04T19:08:13.178-04:00" . .we got an ungodly downpour yesterday. I ..." . .we got an ungodly downpour yesterday. I wouldn't be a bit surprised if that Osprey found a carp or two right on the lawn...."<br />I thought about you today as we were drenched her in central Ohio. It's crazy green. Wishing you sunny and reasonably dry weather.<br />Cathyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00548755592157386484noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15171402.post-48715950602097069372017-08-04T16:36:27.394-04:002017-08-04T16:36:27.394-04:00We are in need to cut the alfalfa but it just keep...We are in need to cut the alfalfa but it just keeps on raining. And to cut would doom the hay. :(<br />Terry and Lindahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11016496778254072639noreply@blogger.com