Longhorn Bees
and Some Bee Humor!
Hubby and I have “bee-n” 😉 seeing Longhorn Bees in our yard recently, flying around the dried-out flower stems of a Brittlebush plant before sunset, settling down in groups on the flower stems after sunset, and then dispersing after sunrise.
Longhorn Bees are one of our native Arizona bees and get their name from the males’ very long antennae—which can “bee” as long as their bodies! They also have bee-you-ti-ful green eyes. Yeah, yeah, I know, just “bee” patient with my bee puns, please!
Longhorn Bees are “solitary bees” but after being busy as bees 😉 all day they nest in groups on stems as I illustrated in my art. We’ve seen groups of 40 or more Longhorn Bees all crowded together on just a few Brittlebush flower stems.
A Wee Bit o’Bee Info—Including Info About a Wee Bee!
Here are some amazing facts about bees:
There over 20,000 species of bees worldwide…
including approximately 5,000 different species of bees in the US…
with around 1,300 species in Arizona…
of which over 700 species are here in the Sonoran Desert!
The Sonoran Desert has more species of bees than almost anywhere else in the world, including the world’s smallest known bee, Perdita minima, which is less than .08 inches (2 mm)!
…aaaaaand a Few (More) Bee Puns!
(No, I can’t take credit for these!)
Q: What’s black and yellow and flies at 30,000 feet?
A: A bee on an airplane.Q: What do you call a bee that can’t quit talking?
A: Blabb-bee.Q: What is small, black and yellow, and drops things?
A: A fumble bee.
Q: What is a swarm of really small queen bees called?
A: The royal wee.
Q: What do you call a bee that lives in America?
A: A USB.
Q: Which bee gives you a second chance?
A: The Plan Bee.
Q: Which bee went into space?
A: Buzz Aldrin.Q: What music do bees like?
A: Bee-bop, Bee-thoven, Bee-yoncé, The Bee-tles, Bee-stie Boys, Cros-bee, Stills, Nash & Young, the Bee-Gees, Justin Bee-ber, and Sting.Q: What’s a bee’s favorite novel?
A: The Great Gats-bee.
Q: Which is the bees’ favorite TV channel?
A: The Bee Bee C.
OK, I know you’ll ”bee” happy to learn I’m now through with my bee puns! 😁