When I see one flying around the garden, I won't come close. I feel like they'll chase me and try to sting. Are you guys a little fearful of bees? How do you handle it? Does it prevent you from checking the garden?
Yes, yes he was!! That last picture kind of creeps me out - it looks like the eyes are glowing yellow!!sure enough, a guard was looking straight at me.
This had me laughing out loud - first laugh of my morning, so thank you! I think it was nice of you to take them for a little tour of the yard!I notice that the wasps were following me, I was starting to get a little freaked out,
Just work around them, they really don't have time to mess with you!It takes about 556 worker bees to gather 1 pound of honey from about 2 million flowers. The average honey bee will make only 1/12 of a teaspoon of honey in its lifetime (6 weeks). http://www.apexbeecompany.com/honey-bee-facts/
When I see one flying around the garden, I won't come close. I feel like they'll chase me and try to sting. Are you guys a little fearful of bees? How do you handle it? Does it prevent you from checking the garden?
So in my view they are not aggressive, they are just very defensive. I've seen plenty of Yellow Jackets and Bald faced hornets in my garden and my observations bare this out, that they don't want to attack you when away from their nests. They will not chase you around your garden.
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Rajesh, drones don't have stingers. They also don't gather nectar or pollen. They just hang around the hive and only serve to pollinate the queen. When winter is on the horizon, the worker bees kick the drones out to freeze. The workers don't want to spend time and energy feeding and grooming non-working drones.
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