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22 Sep, 2009

Bee Sex

Posted by: prince vince In: Nature Watch

bee sexHere in sunny Folkestone, it’s a busy time of the year for all the so-called solitary bees that have emerged from the hundreds of small burrows in locations such as the coastal park, the Leas path that runs through the vinery, and my front garden. Though they occur in large numbers, they are called solitary because they don’t inhabit communal nests or hives, but the females lay their individual eggs in their own burrow, which they seal after leaving enough pollen for the nourishment of their offspring.

Only the females can sting, and then only weakly. The true purpose of all the activity can be seen in the following video. Contains mild bee sex.

1 Response to "Bee Sex"

1 | Richard

September 30th, 2009 at 9:37 pm

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Voyeur!!!! I wrote an article about bees several months ago, they are amazing and would you believe it is more important to help the bee survive than climate change. Once the bee is gone there will be little food as there are no other insects that pollinates as efficiently as the bee. For reasons no one can explain they are abandoning Hives and vanishing, not back into the wild. The bee is under attack from mites and virus, the government was asked to provide £10 million to carry out research into the survival of the bee and refused on the grounds they did not have the money. They say that when the Bee dies so will we.

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