tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8278510471239667560.post6543863375806029952..comments2024-03-29T01:41:15.713+00:00Comments on Kensington Gardens and Hyde Park birds: Ralph Hancockhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11686354797977020917noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8278510471239667560.post-16882734764338473182021-10-22T20:42:24.043+01:002021-10-22T20:42:24.043+01:00Thanks. No sign of it today, as it was cold and on...Thanks. No sign of it today, as it was cold and only a few hardy Buff-Tailed Bumblebees and Common Wasps were out.Ralph Hancockhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11686354797977020917noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8278510471239667560.post-76499708637516643462021-10-22T06:31:08.714+01:002021-10-22T06:31:08.714+01:00Could well be E. luniger. The female in this speci...Could well be E. luniger. The female in this species has a black Y-shape on the frons. Appreciate it's not easy getting a good face shot for the reason you mention.Conehead54https://www.blogger.com/profile/18423862602236191493noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8278510471239667560.post-80392682064751622802021-10-21T23:17:19.805+01:002021-10-21T23:17:19.805+01:00Honeybees can survive the winter in the hive, livi...Honeybees can survive the winter in the hive, living on stored honey and pollen. Workers may push the drones out to die in the cold. They huddle round the queen to protect her.<br /><br />Bumblebee queens hibernate in burrows, making glycerol to act as antifreeze. But all their subjects perish. In the spring they work to form a new colony.<br /><br />Some solitary bees also hibernate.Ralph Hancockhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11686354797977020917noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8278510471239667560.post-59804254531534312182021-10-21T20:49:45.434+01:002021-10-21T20:49:45.434+01:00I wonder how bumblebees and bees are coping with t...I wonder how bumblebees and bees are coping with the winds and the cold. I suppose it must be getting frosty already.<br /><br />The Magpie is looking gorgeous amont the red berries!TinĂºvielhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04794275230697959519noreply@blogger.com