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Title: Bees with a skunk stripe?
Post by: Psparr on September 03, 2013, 07:19:39 pm

Went through my hive the other day and noticed that about 1% of the bees had a white stripe of hair on their thorax.
Just wondered what's going on?
Thanks in advance.

Title: Re: Bees with a skunk stripe?
Post by: deknow on September 03, 2013, 07:28:26 pm

They are foraging on jewelweed.

deknow

Title: Re: Bees with a skunk stripe?
Post by: Psparr on September 03, 2013, 08:07:23 pm

You may be right, but its a perfectly shaped stripe on each bee?

Title: Re: Bees with a skunk stripe?
Post by: Spear on September 05, 2013, 03:06:26 pm

I have a few bees in my hives with yellow stripes on thier backs - pollen?
 Tried to get a pic but is rather out of focus:
(http://i1315.photobucket.com/albums/t596/Tracy_Spear/Photo0466_zps29dc4178.jpg) (http://s1315.photobucket.com/user/Tracy_Spear/media/Photo0466_zps29dc4178.jpg.html)