How many of you get these emails? (This is an actual cut and paste of one I received today)...
"Hello
I do not know if I have a nest or not, just that we can\'t sit outside and relax due to bees. I know there are 3 different types here but not sure of their names, but they love to hover. My son is frightened of them and I can\'t got out back and clean yard because of them. Any suggstions????
Thank You"
I am a beekeeper, not an entomologist or a specialist on all flying insects with stingers! It seems that if it has a stinger, we get all of the questions and comments from the public! Probably carpenter bees (not aggressive). Might be a few paper wasps and hornets thrown into the occasional sighting. Also, the mason bees seem to be in "full bloom" here right now... I just don't know what these people expect me to do? Drive out and have a look? Than what? Here's a suggestion, buy yourself and your son a veil and full beesuit, put them on before you go outside. I sure don't want to make us beekeepers look bad, but I get these all the time! The world is full of all kinds of local fauna. We can coexist with it.
So, anyone else have similar stories???
"Hello
I do not know if I have a nest or not, just that we can\'t sit outside and relax due to bees. I know there are 3 different types here but not sure of their names, but they love to hover. My son is frightened of them and I can\'t got out back and clean yard because of them. Any suggstions????
Thank You"
I am a beekeeper, not an entomologist or a specialist on all flying insects with stingers! It seems that if it has a stinger, we get all of the questions and comments from the public! Probably carpenter bees (not aggressive). Might be a few paper wasps and hornets thrown into the occasional sighting. Also, the mason bees seem to be in "full bloom" here right now... I just don't know what these people expect me to do? Drive out and have a look? Than what? Here's a suggestion, buy yourself and your son a veil and full beesuit, put them on before you go outside. I sure don't want to make us beekeepers look bad, but I get these all the time! The world is full of all kinds of local fauna. We can coexist with it.
So, anyone else have similar stories???