Comments on: Chasing the Wild Bee, with Dr. Olivia Carril https://midriograndetimes.org/2022/chasing-the-wild-bee-v2/ A monthly resource encouraging stewardship of our watershed Wed, 07 Feb 2024 19:04:04 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7 By: collaborators https://midriograndetimes.org/2022/chasing-the-wild-bee-v2/#comment-1413 Sat, 24 Sep 2022 14:31:44 +0000 https://midriograndetimes.org/?p=2878#comment-1413 In reply to Lynne Page.

Perdita is the genus name. I know that in Spanish it means little lost girl. Have no idea how it became the genus name for Fairy Bees. I’ll do some more checking.

]]> By: Lynne Page https://midriograndetimes.org/2022/chasing-the-wild-bee-v2/#comment-1398 Wed, 21 Sep 2022 03:32:10 +0000 https://midriograndetimes.org/?p=2878#comment-1398 What is the meaning of the genus name “Perdita” for fairy bees?

]]> By: Glen Kappy https://midriograndetimes.org/2022/chasing-the-wild-bee-v2/#comment-323 Sat, 07 May 2022 16:16:05 +0000 https://midriograndetimes.org/?p=2878#comment-323 Anita, thanks for this article. I actually read it all (as opposed to scanning). I first became aware of wild bees from reading Bee Time, which I recommended to you, and was glad to add to my knowledge. I’ve become more aware of wild bees and have seen them in action around my yard. I’m going to have to see if there are “teddy bear bees” sleeping the the Globe Mallow around my house. -Glen

]]> By: Anita Amstutz https://midriograndetimes.org/2022/chasing-the-wild-bee-v2/#comment-318 Sat, 07 May 2022 01:20:40 +0000 https://midriograndetimes.org/?p=2878#comment-318 Esther, wild bees are purely for pollinating our ecosystem. They do not produce honey for humans which is one reason why humans don’t understand all the fuss to protect them. Just because they are not utilitarian for human needs they are indispensable for a healthy and balanced habitat and good system!

]]> By: Esther https://midriograndetimes.org/2022/chasing-the-wild-bee-v2/#comment-314 Fri, 06 May 2022 14:46:42 +0000 https://midriograndetimes.org/?p=2878#comment-314 I’m glad you published this piece on bees and I too am left with questions: do the bees featured here have anything to do with honey creation? Or is their contribution focused entirely on pollinating desert plants which would not reproduce without bee assistance? I know a woman who has nine hives hidden in the Sandia foothills and sells delicious honey from her hives; she too fears the competition from aggressive honeybees. Nature’s complexity continues to astound.

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