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Boy do I feel dumb!

Question:

But I ain’t smoking!

And that’s the point.   Good going, Joe. mmm — "I myself have never been able to find out precisely what feminism is;  I only know that people call me a feminist whenever I express sentiments that differentiate me from a doormat."   (Rebecca West, 1913)   ICQ 45084335

Response:

They RENT honeybees in Cal.? – Boy that goes to show you.  You can pick up all kinds of neat info in this newsgroup!  My head spins… (not at the physical process, I can figure that part out) Your bumblebees are solitary? – now that’s suprising too.   The things we call bumblebees live in the ground but they make huge communities down there.  Wonder if it’s the same critter, or maybe it’s a social variation? The bee we call a bumblebee is yellow and blacked stripped, like a honeybee, with a body shape like a fat beetle, and about the size of the last segment of a man’s finger.  (Looks more the size of a man’s thumb, if he’s chaising you:) We’ve got a close cousin, the black bee, which is also shaped like a beetle and lives alone (I think) in the ground, but he’s about the size of the last segment of a woman’s little finger. Actually, come to think of it.  We’ve got a bunch of beetle-shaped bee things around these parts.  We’ve even got one guy that looks like our bumblebee (except even a little bigger) that’s got a little fan feather at the stinger place, and has no stinger.  He gets respect though, ’cause most animals (and people) don’t notice the difference We also have more than one "honeybee" but the American Honeybee is the most prevelant. In my local neighborhood, it seems like most of the honeybees belong to sombody’s hive.  Most unfortunate as I have always enjoyed finding wild bee hives and gathering my own honey.  The bees never seemed to mind shairing, as long as a person was polite and not greedy.  I’m sure there’s plenty of wild honeybees around my house, but with such a majority of "owned" bees, all my "beelines" on a map point to the same dozen hives. Rats! That story: Well, that was a moderated group, so hopefully it won’t show up there!  I can just see it now in "misc.industry.printing"  That would be a hoot! But, since folks keep asking, I’ll see about tippty-typing that thing again. Butterflys are nice.  They "bug me" sometimes though.  Right now our air is full of them things and we’ve got these bright yellow guys that are just too-darn-friendly!  Yesterday, when I was cutting the grass, I was sweating profusly, and was *covered* in them!  I’m tickelish!  I thought I’d go insane! I don’t consider it Summer around here until the monarchs are everywhere. Gosh those are beautiful! Later, Joe L. – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – I live in a farm belt, Joe.  (Yes, we have a bit of farming in Calfifornia’s Central Valley <g).  People actually maintain bee hives (honeybees, not bumblebees, actually – bumblebees are solitary bees, they live in the ground, not a hive, and don’t live in groups) to rent them to pollinate the trees during season.   Look at the bright side, Joe – bees pollinate flowers and make honey and cherries and plums and peaches and prunes.  They don’t sting unless provoked (I suspect you provoked them, at least from their point of view).  And they’re pretty and sound nice buzzing around on my Lavendar and Echinacea and Buddleia.   Still havn’t seen that story.  Do I have to wait til next Friday?  Or could you let me know which board you accidentally sent it to so I can check it out? BTW, I saw my first butterfly of the season on an Echinacea plant out front. It was a good day. Diane M.  :-) Diane, I would *love* to send you my bumble-bees! Joe

Response:

But I ain’t smoking!

And that’s the point.   Good going, Joe. mmm — "I myself have never been able to find out precisely what feminism is;  I only know that people call me a feminist whenever I express sentiments that differentiate me from a doormat."   (Rebecca West, 1913)   ICQ 45084335

Response:

They RENT honeybees in Cal.? – Boy that goes to show you.  You can pick up all kinds of neat info in this newsgroup!  My head spins… (not at the physical process, I can figure that part out) Your bumblebees are solitary? – now that’s suprising too.   The things we call bumblebees live in the ground but they make huge communities down there.  Wonder if it’s the same critter, or maybe it’s a social variation? The bee we call a bumblebee is yellow and blacked stripped, like a honeybee, with a body shape like a fat beetle, and about the size of the last segment of a man’s finger.  (Looks more the size of a man’s thumb, if he’s chaising you:) We’ve got a close cousin, the black bee, which is also shaped like a beetle and lives alone (I think) in the ground, but he’s about the size of the last segment of a woman’s little finger. Actually, come to think of it.  We’ve got a bunch of beetle-shaped bee things around these parts.  We’ve even got one guy that looks like our bumblebee (except even a little bigger) that’s got a little fan feather at the stinger place, and has no stinger.  He gets respect though, ’cause most animals (and people) don’t notice the difference We also have more than one "honeybee" but the American Honeybee is the most prevelant. In my local neighborhood, it seems like most of the honeybees belong to sombody’s hive.  Most unfortunate as I have always enjoyed finding wild bee hives and gathering my own honey.  The bees never seemed to mind shairing, as long as a person was polite and not greedy.  I’m sure there’s plenty of wild honeybees around my house, but with such a majority of "owned" bees, all my "beelines" on a map point to the same dozen hives. Rats! That story: Well, that was a moderated group, so hopefully it won’t show up there!  I can just see it now in "misc.industry.printing"  That would be a hoot! But, since folks keep asking, I’ll see about tippty-typing that thing again. Butterflys are nice.  They "bug me" sometimes though.  Right now our air is full of them things and we’ve got these bright yellow guys that are just too-darn-friendly!  Yesterday, when I was cutting the grass, I was sweating profusly, and was *covered* in them!  I’m tickelish!  I thought I’d go insane! I don’t consider it Summer around here until the monarchs are everywhere. Gosh those are beautiful! Later, Joe L. – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – I live in a farm belt, Joe.  (Yes, we have a bit of farming in Calfifornia’s Central Valley <g).  People actually maintain bee hives (honeybees, not bumblebees, actually – bumblebees are solitary bees, they live in the ground, not a hive, and don’t live in groups) to rent them to pollinate the trees during season.   Look at the bright side, Joe – bees pollinate flowers and make honey and cherries and plums and peaches and prunes.  They don’t sting unless provoked (I suspect you provoked them, at least from their point of view).  And they’re pretty and sound nice buzzing around on my Lavendar and Echinacea and Buddleia.   Still havn’t seen that story.  Do I have to wait til next Friday?  Or could you let me know which board you accidentally sent it to so I can check it out? BTW, I saw my first butterfly of the season on an Echinacea plant out front. It was a good day. Diane M.  :-) Diane, I would *love* to send you my bumble-bees! Joe

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