The other day (November) I was on the hills at the Khalkidhiki peninsula arter a two week rainy period… It was about 4 in the evening when I heard the familiar buzz. A Bombus terrestris queen was nest searching! In this area, from my observations so far I have come to the conclusion that Bombus terrestris is active almost all year round. The season seems to start for the young queens in fall after a rainy period and they will have a nest going by mid December. During this period the strawberry tree Arbutus unedo is in bloom which is a very good food source for the newly founded colony.
(photo from http://tree-species.blogspot.com)
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Hi from Val at Pencil and leaf blog. Thankyou for your inclusion in the beeblog list!! I am very interested in your Greek Bumble bees. I hope you will do more posts. I wish you well with the blog list . The bees certainly need us! kind regards Val
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