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  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,147
    edited September 2021
    The lifespan of a worker bumble is 2-6 weeks, varying with the species. A Queen on average survives about a year. 

    Edited to add: More info here 
    https://beehivehero.com/how-long-do-bumble-bees-live/#:~:text=Average lifespan: 2-6 weeks The bumblebee worker’s%20lifespan,six%20weeks%2C%20depending%20on%20the%20species%20and%20role.

    Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.





  • B3B3 Posts: 27,505
    One year all of  Jasmine flowers were destroyed by  a bee or wasp that bit into the base  of the flower. Most provoking! Fortunately, it hasn't come back
    In London. Keen but lazy.
  • Jac19Jac19 Posts: 496
    Dovefromabove said:
    Jac19 said:
    Skandi said:
    What do you have against the moths? They need to live as well. Bees are winding down at this time of year which is why you are seeing less of them, only the queens will survive the winter. (bumblebees that is)
    Really?!  What happens to the hardworking worker Bumble bees?
    They die. 
    Oh, that is the saddest thing I have heard lately.  
  • Ladybird4Ladybird4 Posts: 37,906
    You can find a lot of useful information here Jac



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  • Jac19Jac19 Posts: 496
    So sad.  But that is Dovefromabove said:
    The lifespan of a worker bumble is 2-6 weeks, varying with the species. A Queen on average survives about a year. 

    Edited to add: More info here 
    https://beehivehero.com/how-long-do-bumble-bees-live/#:~:text=Average lifespan: 2-6 weeks The bumblebee worker’s%20lifespan,six%20weeks%2C%20depending%20on%20the%20species%20and%20role.
    Thank you!  Very sad, but that is naturally how long they live, it seems, just like we live up to 100 years.
  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,147
    It doesn’t do to anthropomorphise insects. 

    Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.





  • Jac19Jac19 Posts: 496
    edited September 2021
    Ladybird4 said:
    You can find a lot of useful information here Jac



    Thanks.  :)  I have ladybirds, too, in my garden, by the way.

    I saw a Bumble bee crawling into one of the pipes put up as scaffolding for repairing the roof, no doubt thinking it was a permanent structure good to make a home in.  The scaffolding will come down next week.

    I have all the parts needed to make a Bumble bee home like in this video.  Now I have to find a spot the visiting squirrels don't go investigating in for it.  Watch:

    https://youtu.be/r9Rov9YG1Mw
  • Jac19Jac19 Posts: 496
    It is a bizarre insect, that hummingbird moth.  (This is not my picture below.  I am linking it from the Internet. ) Fooled me such that I though it was an actual hummingbird and put up a sugar-water feeder.  

    Not enamoured by it, but, as you say, they have to eat and live, too.




  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,147
    I love to see the Hummingbird Hawkmoths on flowers on warm summer days. Not a common sight in much of the UK as it depends on the weather when migration takes place. We do see them here in Norfolk fairly often tho. 

    Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.





  • LynLyn Posts: 23,190
    Elephant Hawkmoth's here, the caterpillars will strip my Fuchsias in no time. 
    Gardening on the wild, windy west side of Dartmoor. 

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