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A question for any bee experts: there have been a few times I’ve been eating a sandwich or sushi in a nearby park in NY, and a bee has flown over, found the mea
by cdbyr 4y ago
A question for any bee experts: there have been a few times I’ve been eating a sandwich or sushi in a nearby park in NY, and a bee has flown over, found the meat in whatever I’m eating, spent some time cutting a piece off, and flown off with it. Would anyone know what sort of bee this could have been, or any other info on what was going on?
- greenbit 4y agoAnecdotal - I've seen yellow jackets take an interest in deli meat on multiple occasions. Apparently it has something to do with the time of year. I want to say it's springtime when they crave the protein, but, not sure.
- lostlogin 4y agoMid summer they need protein. It’s a great way to kill them and not bees, and the basis of the poison Vespex. https://merchento.com/vespex.html https://merchento.com/vespex.html
- sandworm101 4y agoA wasp?
- pxmpxm 4y agoPeople in the US seem to use "bee" for anything ranging from paper wasps to bumble bees and hornets.
- Firmwarrior 4y agoUsually people in the US are pretty good about distinguishing between sinister wasps and friendly honeybees In Japan they have the same casual name, though, which I find almost as disturbing as the occasional thumb-sized giant wasps in Tokyo
- cdbyr 4y agoI’m not an expert, but it was about the size + hairiness that I associate with bees.
- michaelcampbell 4y agoWhere I'm from (Atlanta), the ground-dwelling type eat meat.