Bumblebee sighting !! Woo !

[CutThroat Kid]

Only wasps without nests are spider hunters and stuff like Pepsis wasps i think they fly solo

This is the cool fact because I was particularly wondering about the parasitic wasps. I wonder if there are any non-parasitic wasps that don't nest traditionally.

 

[Ultum4Spiderz]

This is the cool fact because I was particularly wondering about the parasitic wasps. I wonder if there are any non-parasitic wasps that don't nest traditionally.

yeah I’d also like to know that.
Seems most solo ones still nest, but there may be species that don’t that I just don’t know about , good article ;

Solitary wasps are fierce, fascinating, and totally harmless

sites.tufts.edu

Possibly undiscovered species also could possibly not nest 🪹 .
I wish I knew more about wasps but I’m not aware of any that don’t make nests . Besides Pepsis I don’t know of any .

 

[ItalianTermiteMan]

All termites and ants are eusocial (live in colonies), but many bees and wasps are solitary. Now, my knowledge on the latter two is very cursory, but bumblebees specifically (genus Bombus, tribe Bombini) are eusocial, build nice-looking wax hives in cavities (generally underground), and can indeed be kept as pets by being provided a proper place to build their combs and an abundant supply of pollen and some sugary liquids.

 

[Ultum4Spiderz]

More info on wasps ! I can make a dedicated thread if you want lol .. we’re going or topic of bees ..

This is the cool fact because I was particularly wondering about the parasitic wasps. I wonder if there are any non-parasitic wasps that don't nest traditionally.

All termites and ants are eusocial (live in colonies), but many bees and wasps are solitary. Now, my knowledge on the latter two is very cursory, but bumblebees specifically (genus Bombus, tribe Bombini) are eusocial, build nice-looking wax hives in cavities (generally underground), and can indeed be kept as pets by being provided a proper place to build their combs and an abundant supply of pollen and some sugary liquids.

Interesting! So bees also have solitary members of the genus ?!

 

[ItalianTermiteMan]

Many spider hunting wasps (like Sceliphron) build nice structures for their brood, but they do so singly, not as a colony.

 

[ItalianTermiteMan]

More info on wasps ! I can make a dedicated thread if you want lol .. we’re going or topic of bees .. View attachment 451316


Interesting! So bees also have solitary members of the genus ?!

Yes, there are many solitary bees, but not from the genus of the "common" honeybees, Apis, which are all eusocial. The word "bee" include many genera.

 

[CutThroat Kid]

eusocial

This is the nomenclature I was absent of, thank you!

can indeed be kept as pets by being provided a proper place to build their combs and an abundant supply of pollen and some sugary liquids.

Just to clarify, (and I'm not getting any ideas here), you can't keep just one as a pet, and you can't keep it in a container that it cannot leave from like you would a pet spider? But you are saying that they can be kept as a beekeeper would keep any bee species outdoors, right?

I ask because I swear, I saw a dumb video online of someone trying to keep a single bumblebee a pet.

Edit, heres a video I found on yt just now. I guess you can keep just one.

 

[ItalianTermiteMan]

This is the nomenclature I was absent of, thank you!



Just to clarify, (and I'm not getting any ideas here), you can't keep just one as a pet, and you can't keep it in a container that it cannot leave from like you would a pet spider? But you are saying that they can be kept as a beekeeper would keep any bee species outdoors, right?

I ask because I swear, I saw a dumb video online of someone trying to keep a single bumblebee a pet.

Edit, heres a video I found on yt just now. I guess you can keep just one.

You have to keep them in colonies, however they can be kept in a big enough enclosure without access to the outside if you provide them with enough pollen. In any case you must keep in consideration that their colonies are annual and so very short-lived.

 

[The Snark]

manufactured... I think I deserve an award for that. Marty, if by chance you happen across this forum and thread, I'm throwing rocks at you. So much for multi multi tasking miscoms.
Delving deep in my thinking at that moment last night, a dark and foreboding maze of synapses taken off their leashes... Simply combine a 1950's skidder, falling deadwood, a resaw mill, hive frames, a recycled orchard sprayer tractor, parasitoid wasps, bee egg chamber construction, a proper dog on a chain saw and a few others incidentals.
Really just a not quite so simple miscom. I'll be under the rug retuning my piano.

 

[Ultum4Spiderz]

ANother bumble bee !!!I spotted 4 on the same plant. Each on individual flowers .

 

[Ultum4Spiderz]

For all I knew, bumblebees might as well paralyze tarantulas and lay their eggs inside of them. Wouldn’t that be crazy if it was a thing??

That would be .
More pics !!!

 

[Ultum4Spiderz]

New pictures

 

[Ultum4Spiderz]

This is the cool fact because I was particularly wondering about the parasitic wasps. I wonder if there are any non-parasitic wasps that don't nest traditionally.

Giant Asian hornets might eat just about anything but specialized in hunting bees.
New pictures!