tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7512869338404805014.post8059773283529505970..comments2023-05-01T04:51:15.777-07:00Comments on Gladsome Lights: Bees vs. horrid insectsGretchenJoannahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13641677400029070452noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7512869338404805014.post-61303229839716828372013-09-26T04:20:43.942-07:002013-09-26T04:20:43.942-07:00I also struggle to understand the place of some in...I also struggle to understand the place of some insects and critters in the world. The wasps and bees might take a long time to clean up all the pears, but I suppose what they leave behind would eventually compost back into to the ground but it sure wouldn't be any place for a people picnic. I suppose I many be returning to a carpet of fallen apples myself.<br />Bees are astounding and their gifts wonderful...how fun to take special note of them and learn about them. They do need friends and advocates, don't they? Their health can tell us about the health of the land and air and plants about them. Bees and ants are mentioned in our favored book...are wasps in there too?Jeannettehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06115410908800997558noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7512869338404805014.post-46052026289576601182013-09-26T03:37:25.606-07:002013-09-26T03:37:25.606-07:00They presage Pascha. The altruists of the non-huma...They presage Pascha. The altruists of the non-human world. They live on in (and sometimes die for) their queen, they make honey which is food for Prophets and beeswax for candles!Catholic facing easthttp://catholicfacingeast.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7512869338404805014.post-84291988959142168192013-09-25T20:09:37.877-07:002013-09-25T20:09:37.877-07:00Ok, I understand that wasps do have a purpose, but...Ok, I understand that wasps do have a purpose, but I have mostly seen them ruining good, ripe fruit this fall. Peaches, plums, and apples -- all chewed up by wasps. <br /><br />Bees I love. Working, pollinating, making honey -- they are so useful.<br /><br />I'll swat a wasp every time, but not so the bee. I love my local honey and my local bee keeper.Gumbo Lilyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02747138637571716591noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7512869338404805014.post-74453720727630800692013-09-25T19:53:52.750-07:002013-09-25T19:53:52.750-07:00I agree with you about honey. It is a perfect foo...I agree with you about honey. It is a perfect food!<br />I love fall pears. They are a beautiful fruit.Pom Pomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01524994024698986829noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7512869338404805014.post-38740612782477552272013-09-25T19:14:50.827-07:002013-09-25T19:14:50.827-07:00Very interesting stuff! Adam says that the reason ...Very interesting stuff! Adam says that the reason yellow jacket stings hurt so much is BECAUSE they are carnivores. Thus, when they "sting" you, what they're actually doing is trying to eat you - ugh! Thank you for supporting the honey bees!M.K.https://www.blogger.com/profile/09205619221345704689noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7512869338404805014.post-40523920449769381302013-09-25T16:14:04.549-07:002013-09-25T16:14:04.549-07:00We had bees, Times have changed so much. Until we ...We had bees, Times have changed so much. Until we had bees I wasn't aware of how many predictors we have out here. I live now in a veritable horror house where wild bees and wild wasps and these bees that live in the ground attacked my hive daily. My bees finally just packed up and left. The whole hive. When I finally checked the hive, after seeing no movement, it was as clean as the day we bought the hive. Nothing not even brood was left. It remains a mystery to us as where they went. I will check out the bee lady maybe she will know what kind of bees we have that live in the ground and are so aggressive. In the fall I have watched after they paralyzed a grass hopper, then dug the hole and took it in and buried it in the hole. I didn't know that bees would eat fruit but I am sure they would for the sugar. It is a fantastic world to observe.Farm Girlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00998621464797636686noreply@blogger.com