I have hundreds of bumblebees in my garden, and they are gentle like honey bees and love my sunflowers and squash. Good polinators. I have noticed that in the evenings, a lot of them find a nice cozy leaf or flower and curl up and spend the night there. In the morning, I have a bunch of sleeping bumble bees all over the garden. According to wiki they have colonies, but I'm guessing they do not always spend the night there? Anyone else ever see this?

:) I have hundreds of bumblebees in my garden, and they are gentle like honey :) bees and love my sunflowers and squash. Good polinators. I have noticed that :) in the evenings, a lot of them find a nice cozy leaf or flower and curl up :) and spend the night there. In the morning, I have a bunch of sleeping bumble :) bees all over the garden. According to wiki they have colonies, but I'm :) guessing they do not always spend the night there? Anyone else ever see :) this? :) :) :) Are you sure they are bumble bees and not carpenter bees which can look similar.

Bumble bees sleep in garden?

Aug 27, 2006 21 Replies

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madgardener 19 years ago

they also seem to love the nourishment that they derive from the assorted varieties of flowers that I have growing. I went outside after reading this and checked and sure enough......thanks Carl for the identity! maddie

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Carl 1 Lucky Texan 19 years ago

You can find other info - but I thought that site was awesome!

Carl

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