The bees have awoken...

[Los Palmas 7]

Got startled by a big bumbler buzzing into the cab earlier today whilst sitting in traffic on the M25. Then, just now, just this minute, another big buzzy beast has entered the flat via the window and is desperately trying to remember how he got in. Head-butting the window appears to help his memory.

Summer's here, kids.

[M3CHA-MONK3Y]

I saw one of those imposter wasps, the one's that hover about silently while you try to decide whether it's a wasp or not.

Can't wait for the blue skies and massive heatwaves.....I can live in hope.

[Steamer]

If we are going to get all 'spring watch'...

A crow landed in the garden the other day with a very long, live, slow worm / snake type thing in his claws - it was so big the crow actually had a job taking off again! Quite impressive.

[Los Palmas 7]

M3CHA-MONK3Y said:

I saw one of those imposter wasps, the one's that hover about silently while you try to decide whether it's a wasp or not.

The Hoverfly? They're bugger they are, scare the life out of you until you realise what they are.

[adam85]

Had a may bug fly into my room over the weekend, was like a bloody Chinook!

[Steamer]

adam85 said:

Had a may bug fly into my room over the weekend, was like a bloody Chinook!

That reminded me of the evenings spent on the porch in Africa.

I forget the name of the bug now, but the feckers were so big they would hit the glass like a tennis ball then drop to the floor stunned..

...first one to land got captured under a glass ash tray - the little sod then ran off with it!

[Jasandjules]

Yep, quite a few of them about in the fields and in my garden now, plus a few wasps too...

[TheEnd]

adam85 said:

Had a may bug fly into my room over the weekend, was like a bloody Chinook!

Sounds like a Cockchafer Beetle
http://www.kendall-bioresearch.co.uk/chafer.htm

How they chafe it i don't know, but i don't want to find out either.

[ozzerr]

was dozing on the bed the other afternoon and herad several taps on the window,large bee saying hello can i come in.

[Mr.Jimbo]

http://s50.photobucket.com/albums/f328/suarez44/?a...
When we get fkers like that I'm off!

one flew into my room the other day, and I couldn't for the life of me work out why I could hear my phone vibrating constantly, looked up and there it was, the dirty harry of bee's, hovering in front of my face... I told him "no, I don't feel lucky" and he left me bee. (pun intended, sorry.)

Edited by Mr.Jimbo on Wednesday 15th April 00:58

[BMWBen]

We have these bds round here:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lucanus_cervus

no sign of them yet though!

[bluetone]

BMWBen said:

We have these bds round here:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lucanus_cervus

no sign of them yet though!

"The modern Italian word for a toy kite cervo volante (and hence the French cerf-volant) may derive from the ancient amusement of flying the beetles on a length of thread."

LOL! Do it. Post a vid!

[MitchT]

I saw my first Bee of 2009 on 20 March.

[BMWBen]

bluetone said:

BMWBen said:

We have these bds round here:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lucanus_cervus

no sign of them yet though!

"The modern Italian word for a toy kite cervo volante (and hence the French cerf-volant) may derive from the ancient amusement of flying the beetles on a length of thread."

LOL! Do it. Post a vid!

First one I see, I'm there! :P

[parakitaMol.]

Los Palmas 7 said:

Got startled by a big bumbler buzzing into the cab earlier today whilst sitting in traffic on the M25. Then, just now, just this minute, another big buzzy beast has entered the flat via the window and is desperately trying to remember how he got in. Head-butting the window appears to help his memory.

Summer's here, kids.

Yes.. have seen a couple of sleepy wasps too... big worry as my OH discovered he was alergic last year (on the M25 as it happens)... resulting in anaphalaxis and a crash into the barriers. Damn those pointless things!

[asbo]

TheEnd said:

adam85 said:

Had a may bug fly into my room over the weekend, was like a bloody Chinook!

Sounds like a Cockchafer Beetle
http://www.kendall-bioresearch.co.uk/chafer.htm

How they chafe it i don't know, but i don't want to find out either.

Those things make one almighty mess when you hit them at speed in the car.

I tell you, an innocent summer evenings hoon ends up looking like some sort of airbourne bukkake over the front of your car. Which is nice

[AndrewW-G]

parakitaMol. said:

Los Palmas 7 said:

Got startled by a big bumbler buzzing into the cab earlier today whilst sitting in traffic on the M25. Then, just now, just this minute, another big buzzy beast has entered the flat via the window and is desperately trying to remember how he got in. Head-butting the window appears to help his memory.

Summer's here, kids.

Yes.. have seen a couple of sleepy wasps too... big worry as my OH discovered he was alergic last year (on the M25 as it happens)... resulting in anaphalaxis and a crash into the barriers. Damn those pointless things!

hope it was a wasp (which are pointless!) as without Bee's were all fked.......no pollination = no food = no us!

[XMES RUS]

flew past my window last night

[NDA]

I don't mind any of the bugs except Hornets - and we seemed to have had a load last year and the year before.

[parakitaMol.]

AndrewW-G said:

parakitaMol. said:

Los Palmas 7 said:

Got startled by a big bumbler buzzing into the cab earlier today whilst sitting in traffic on the M25. Then, just now, just this minute, another big buzzy beast has entered the flat via the window and is desperately trying to remember how he got in. Head-butting the window appears to help his memory.

Summer's here, kids.

Yes.. have seen a couple of sleepy wasps too... big worry as my OH discovered he was alergic last year (on the M25 as it happens)... resulting in anaphalaxis and a crash into the barriers. Damn those pointless things!

hope it was a wasp (which are pointless!) as without Bee's were all fked.......no pollination = no food = no us!

You don't say!

Yes wasps were what I was talking about...