I have seen Dragon Flies chase bees and also tumble in the grass after
catching them. Their catching bees does not effect the hive drastically
until they grab a virgin Queen on her mating flight.
Bob Dahlgren
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----- Original Message -----
From: Tom Elliott <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Thursday, May 24, 2001 1:46 PM
Subject: Re: Dragonflies
> I have actually witnessed once a dragonfly (species unknown) catch a
> worker bee from the air. I still do not think that this is a problem in
> many places. Even in the area I made my observation the hives remained
> strong. So such predation did not seem to be significant.
>
> Tom