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| Tom Green
| Bees or Bee-flies?posted at 18/04/2015 11:54:41
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| Have greatly enjoyed watching good numbers of Bee-flies going from flower to flower over recent weeks in Blakeney, as well as a few Bumbles sp. and 'honey' bees
Which of the following might be true?
There are more Bee-flies around these days/decades.
I simply haven't noticed them before
Bee-flies are filling a the niche left by fewer honey bees
Help, I need to give the grand-children the correct answers to their endless questions!
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| Kath & Mick Claydon
| Re: Bees or Bee-flies?posted at 21/04/2015 15:59:21
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| If you haven't already got your answer, try posting your question on the Norfolk Wildlife Facebook Group. It's a very useful group as many experts and enthusiasts take part. You need to be "invited" to join the Group but it's just a one-click formality.
I saw lots of Bee Flies early this year but like you wonder whether it's just that I noticed a few when not much else was around and then became more tuned-in to their presence.
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| Tom Green
| Re: Re: Bees or Bee-flies?posted at 30/04/2015 13:59:40
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| Thanks Kath and Mike for the Facebook Group suggestion. In the past (when mainly in Norwich) quite a few friends came up the with wrong ID of Bee-flies as Hummingbird Hawk Moths, although we had both from time to time. What I am pretty sure about is that the numbers of Bee-flies IS greater this year, possibly noticed as our garden is greatly improved for Spring flowers and of course, the unseasonably sunny conditions.
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