Bumblebee Watch!

We returned to Pinery Provincial Park for another Bumblebee Survey on August 25th.

After capturing each bumblebee, placing it in a vial and then on ice to slow it down, we were able to take a closer look at the bees. Each individual was photographed at different angles and then allowed to fly away from the same area it was captured. The data was submitted to Bumblebee Watch. BumbleBeeWatch.org

Sometimes the Bumblebees came to us! (Tiny speck on the net.) A simple flip of the net had it contained.

Getting a close-up!

A raised leg means, "get back, you're too close!"

Possibly a Brown-belted Bumblebee

Bumblebees weren't the only things we saw. This is a pair of mating End Band Net-winged Beetles.

A recently emerged Monarch still clinging to the remnants of her chrysalis!