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Offline dafarlow

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« on: May 27, 2016, 09:39:16 pm »
Can anyone tell me what the white stuff on this bee's body is? I see several of them flying in like that.

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Re: curiosity
« Reply #1 on: May 28, 2016, 05:53:02 am »
It could be anything, but if I was to guess, it looks like dried sugar syrup, like these bees were at an open feed barrel or something.

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Re: curiosity
« Reply #2 on: May 28, 2016, 08:41:49 am »
Ya, looks like flakes of dried sugar syrup to me too.
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Re: curiosity
« Reply #3 on: May 28, 2016, 09:44:47 am »
Yes I was thinking the same thing. Another thing I have seen that looked like that was when bees were sprayed. It didn't seem to effect the bees though. I Can't remember what it was. Some fungicide - fertilizer mixture used in the orchard.
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Re: curiosity
« Reply #4 on: May 28, 2016, 12:00:08 pm »
 welcome dafarlow to the forum, hope you enjoy it here.

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Re: curiosity
« Reply #5 on: May 31, 2016, 04:04:48 pm »
Thanks for the feed back and warm welcome everyone!  Still learning our way around the site but I'm sure we'll have more questions for you.  :)
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Re: curiosity
« Reply #6 on: June 01, 2016, 12:36:28 am »
WELCOME!!!!...............

heck, not even going to guess but sorta looks the same to me (what perry said; dried sugar syurp) it's not pollen..........

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