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Bee and a pot of pansies

  • 13-06-2021 12:19PM
    #1
    PMBC
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,125 ✭✭✭


    Just been watching a large fat bee mooching its way around a pot of pansies on the window-cill. I noticed a long thing, whitish grey in colour sticking out of the lower part of its back. What is that piece or is it just something stuck to its body?


Comments

  • #2
    Tiercel Dave
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 798 ✭✭✭Tiercel Dave


    Could it have been the colour of the pollen it may have been collecting?.....


  • #3
    PMBC
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,125 ✭✭✭PMBC


    Dont know. Would that have been protruding lie another appendage from its back? It was below the end of its wings


  • #4
    Tiercel Dave
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 798 ✭✭✭Tiercel Dave


    Google Image.....
    Screen_Shot_2018-07-24_at_00.05.55_1024x1024.png?v=1532387186


  • #5
    looksee
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 30,702 ✭✭✭✭looksee


    Probably the stinger?


  • #6
    Storm 10
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,201 ✭✭✭Storm 10


    Could be a Bee with a tracker that is attached to it's body saw something before about being able to track where they go with a lightweight transmitter that eventually falls off .Could be wrong


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