[2kooldad]

my son and i were at the hives today and were watching them go in and out and we noticed 2 green bees....not born that way bees but looked like they dunked in lime kool aid the hole thing... a fuzzy green honey bee...not a mutant drone either....what in tarnation would make a bee turn green ??? :mrgreen: yea...just like that ???

 

[G3farms]

sounds like a halictid bee. They range from black to brown to a metallic green.

 

[rast]

sounds like a halictid bee

Proud of yerself are ya G3? I had to look that one up. :lol:

 

[G3farms]

me too!!

 

[tecumseh]

green pollen?

 

[2kooldad]

no no no....it was one off ''my'' bees that was green....Tecumseh...i dont think so...i got a real good look at it....it wasnt powdered with pollon....it looked..........dyed.........wasnt Omie saying something about bees turning red from marishino cherry syrup....i mean it was only two that i saw but ''green'' ???????

 

[tecumseh]

perhaps the hives are a bit too close to the power plant at Crystal River?

 

[Hobie]

Well, they DO make green maraschino cherries...

Can you get a photo to post?

 

[2kooldad]

i can try to get a pic....but them bees were ''NOT'' happy to see me yesterday...i should learn not to mess with them after the rain :/

 

[frankh]

It was probably a defiant young bee. My daughter had a purple stripe in her hair for a while.

 

[tecumseh]

:goodpost:

 

[sqkcrk]

sounds like a halictid bee

Proud of yerself are ya G3? I had to look that one up. :lol:

some of us just know stuff. stick around long enuf and you will too.

wikipedia? we don't need no stinkin' wikipedia.

 

[G3farms]

I have several of the Peterson Field Guides that I have been studying on my own for several years. Every time I see a different bug, bloom, or leaf that I do not recognize out comes the books. Most of them run in the $20 range. Rast you know stuff that I have no clue about, so you need to be proud of yourself also

 

[2kooldad]

lol...i think the nuc plant exsplains it....the green bees are from the feral hive an i caught them a meer 20 miles south of there...now if i could get one to glow for the camera....if it had a big silver spike through its eyeball an baggy stripes id go with the teenager thing.

 

[efmesch]

Do green bees produce green honey?

It'd turn me green with envy. :rotfl:

 

[2kooldad]

lmao....good one EM....i could market it for saint pattys day....im real suprised Omie hasnt posted in on this one lol...come on Omie...i know ya got a good joke fer this

 

[Omie]

It was one of these...

 

[efmesch]

Omie you didn't disappoint!

 

[sqkcrk]

Green Bees make Eco-Friendly Honey.

Do they make honey for us to use in GreenTea?

 

[2kooldad]

:yahoo: thats what i was waiting for...lmao !!!