{"id":124,"date":"2008-08-26T10:51:32","date_gmt":"2008-08-26T17:51:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.hamsterinawheel.ca\/?p=124"},"modified":"2008-08-27T07:42:33","modified_gmt":"2008-08-27T14:42:33","slug":"bees-and-wasps-pollinating-in-our-backyard","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.hamsterinawheel.ca\/?p=124","title":{"rendered":"Bees and wasps pollinating in our backyard"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We have a melon plant growing in our backyard.  It is currently flowering and attracting many pollinators.<\/p>\n<p>I believe that these are wasps:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.hamsterinawheel.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/08\/img_4997c1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-126\" title=\"wasp\" src=\"http:\/\/www.hamsterinawheel.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/08\/img_4997c1-300x280.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"280\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.hamsterinawheel.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/08\/img_4997c1-300x280.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.hamsterinawheel.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/08\/img_4997c1.jpg 728w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/> <\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.hamsterinawheel.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/08\/img_5003c.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-127\" title=\"other wasp\" src=\"http:\/\/www.hamsterinawheel.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/08\/img_5003c-300x218.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"218\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.hamsterinawheel.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/08\/img_5003c-300x218.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.hamsterinawheel.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/08\/img_5003c.jpg 714w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/> <\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.hamsterinawheel.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/08\/img_5007c.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-128\" title=\"img_5007c\" src=\"http:\/\/www.hamsterinawheel.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/08\/img_5007c-300x280.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"280\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.hamsterinawheel.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/08\/img_5007c-300x280.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.hamsterinawheel.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/08\/img_5007c.jpg 891w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Of course, there are many bumblebees with a strange ability to remain off-focus:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.hamsterinawheel.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/08\/img_5014c.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-129\" title=\"bumblebee\" src=\"http:\/\/www.hamsterinawheel.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/08\/img_5014c-300x246.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"246\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.hamsterinawheel.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/08\/img_5014c-300x246.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.hamsterinawheel.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/08\/img_5014c.jpg 700w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.hamsterinawheel.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/08\/img_5033c.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-130\" title=\"other bumblebee\" src=\"http:\/\/www.hamsterinawheel.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/08\/img_5033c-300x229.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"229\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.hamsterinawheel.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/08\/img_5033c-300x229.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.hamsterinawheel.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/08\/img_5033c.jpg 378w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I am totally unfamiliar with the next insect, perhaps it is a <a href=\"http:\/\/imfc.cfl.scf.rncan.gc.ca\/insecte-insect-eng.asp?geID=4252\">Lapland syrphid fly<\/a>?<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.hamsterinawheel.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/08\/img_5019c.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-131\" title=\"syrphid fly?\" src=\"http:\/\/www.hamsterinawheel.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/08\/img_5019c-300x286.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"286\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.hamsterinawheel.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/08\/img_5019c-300x286.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.hamsterinawheel.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/08\/img_5019c.jpg 558w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/> <\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.hamsterinawheel.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/08\/img_5021c.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-132\" title=\"other syrphid fly\" src=\"http:\/\/www.hamsterinawheel.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/08\/img_5021c-300x220.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"220\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.hamsterinawheel.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/08\/img_5021c-300x220.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.hamsterinawheel.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/08\/img_5021c.jpg 501w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/> <\/a><\/p>\n<p>Movies:<\/p>\n<div class=\"flvPlayer\">\t\t\t\t<object classid=\"clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000\" codebase=\"http:\/\/download.macromedia.com\/pub\/shockwave\/cabs\/flash\/swflash.cab#version=6,0,0,0\" width=\"512\" height=\"404\"><param name=\"movie\" value=\"https:\/\/media.dreamhost.com\/mediaplayer.swf?file=http:\/\/www.hamsterinawheel.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/08\/mvi_5026.flv&amp;autoStart=false;\" \/><param name=\"quality\" value=\"high\" \/><param name=\"wmode\" value=\"transparent\" \/><embed src=\"https:\/\/media.dreamhost.com\/mediaplayer.swf?file=http:\/\/www.hamsterinawheel.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/08\/mvi_5026.flv&amp;autoStart=false;\" quality=\"high\" wmode=\"transparent\" width=\"512\" height=\"404\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" pluginspage=\"http:\/\/www.macromedia.com\/go\/getflashplayer\" \/><\/object><\/div>\n<div class=\"flvPlayer\">\t\t\t\t<object classid=\"clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000\" codebase=\"http:\/\/download.macromedia.com\/pub\/shockwave\/cabs\/flash\/swflash.cab#version=6,0,0,0\" width=\"512\" height=\"404\"><param name=\"movie\" value=\"https:\/\/media.dreamhost.com\/mediaplayer.swf?file=http:\/\/www.hamsterinawheel.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/08\/mvi_5025.flv&amp;autoStart=false;\" \/><param name=\"quality\" value=\"high\" \/><param name=\"wmode\" value=\"transparent\" \/><embed src=\"https:\/\/media.dreamhost.com\/mediaplayer.swf?file=http:\/\/www.hamsterinawheel.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/08\/mvi_5025.flv&amp;autoStart=false;\" quality=\"high\" wmode=\"transparent\" width=\"512\" height=\"404\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" pluginspage=\"http:\/\/www.macromedia.com\/go\/getflashplayer\" \/><\/object><\/div>\n<div class=\"flvPlayer\">\t\t\t\t<object classid=\"clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000\" codebase=\"http:\/\/download.macromedia.com\/pub\/shockwave\/cabs\/flash\/swflash.cab#version=6,0,0,0\" width=\"512\" height=\"404\"><param name=\"movie\" value=\"https:\/\/media.dreamhost.com\/mediaplayer.swf?file=http:\/\/www.hamsterinawheel.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/08\/mvi_5024.flv&amp;autoStart=false;\" \/><param name=\"quality\" value=\"high\" \/><param name=\"wmode\" value=\"transparent\" \/><embed src=\"https:\/\/media.dreamhost.com\/mediaplayer.swf?file=http:\/\/www.hamsterinawheel.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/08\/mvi_5024.flv&amp;autoStart=false;\" quality=\"high\" wmode=\"transparent\" width=\"512\" height=\"404\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" pluginspage=\"http:\/\/www.macromedia.com\/go\/getflashplayer\" \/><\/object><\/div>\n<p>I found interesting information here:<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.pollinationcanada.ca\/\">http:\/\/www.pollinationcanada.ca\/<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/queenbeejan.com\/kindsbee.htm\">http:\/\/queenbeejan.com\/kindsbee.htm<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We have a melon plant growing in our backyard. It is currently flowering and attracting many pollinators. I believe that these are wasps: Of course, there are many bumblebees with a strange ability to remain off-focus: I am totally unfamiliar with the next insect, perhaps it is a Lapland syrphid fly? Movies: I found interesting [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-124","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-bees"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.hamsterinawheel.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/124","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.hamsterinawheel.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.hamsterinawheel.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.hamsterinawheel.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.hamsterinawheel.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=124"}],"version-history":[{"count":15,"href":"http:\/\/www.hamsterinawheel.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/124\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":150,"href":"http:\/\/www.hamsterinawheel.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/124\/revisions\/150"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.hamsterinawheel.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=124"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.hamsterinawheel.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=124"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.hamsterinawheel.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=124"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}