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>I have noticed that a swarm has taken over an empty hive in one of my more
>remote outyards. The bees seem much more similar to honeybees than to
>bumblebees even though they are even _bigger_ than the largest bumblebee
>that I have ever seen. Each is approximately twice the girth and a little
>longer than an average man's thumb! The colony at present occupies two
>standard bodies in which they have removed the old comb and constructed
>their own comb (in which the cells are nearly the size of shot glasses!).
>The bees are very gentle and seem completely free of disease and thus far
>are bringing in a super of honey each day-- rather unusual at this time of
>year). Could these bees be A. labioriosa, "the giant honeybee"? I'd heard
>these bees build only single combs and will not live in boxes and seem
>smaller by half than the bees I have. I'm going to try to make some splits
>soon to try to increase the numbers of these bees.
>
>Does anyone have any idea how I can find more information on these giant bees?
>
>H. Tortsgnal
>Avalon Apiaries
>Victoria, BC
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My brother wants to know what is this date????>
Personally, I have seen bees, somewhat darker than Italian bees, but
otherwise could be described as you did. The ones I saw were hovering above
the surface of the water in a private swimming pool, in Pearland, TX, (very
close to Houston) in late November, some years ago. I took it to be the
verification of the myth that everything is bigger in Texas!!
How about packaging up a few (dead) and sending them to me. We are a mite
free zone, and importation from mite areas is illegal, but if there is a
"clean" way to share these, my snail address is:
P{. O. Box 2604
Charklottetown;, PE
Canada
C1A 8C3
"From The Cradle of Confederation"
Eunice Wonnacott
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