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  • From: Katja <katjasage AT yahoo.com>
  • To: Chris and Lisa Laudeman <chrisandlisa AT laudeman.com>
  • Cc: Mark Smith <mgeesmith AT juno.com>, OCBA <ocba AT lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [ocba] Many little winged ones around hive
  • Date: Sat, 26 Mar 2016 13:42:09 -0400

Thanks for this entomological detail!  They are likely ants.  We did see a number of them crawling into the hive; do you know if they pose a threat to bees?  The latter seemed to be ignoring them as they came and went on their flights.

Katja and Mark

On Mar 24, 2016, at 10:07, Chris and Lisa Laudeman <chrisandlisa AT laudeman.com> wrote:

Hi Mark,

They look like swarming ants. You can examine their abdomens to distinguish them from swarming termites. Ants have a bulbous abdomen (vespid like) with a very slender attachment to their thorax. Termites have a relatively long segmented abdomen that just extends from the thorax.  Google images should have many examples.

C

On Wed, Mar 23, 2016 at 11:48 PM, Mark Smith <mgeesmith AT juno.com> wrote:
Hey, folks –
Just took a look at our hive, which we are about to do a split with, and found a lot of small winged things around it – see picture, hopefully! Maybe 3/16" long, white folded-back wings, Don't know where they came from, but with all this warm weather, lots of bugs have been hatching out in our garden/yard. A few of them seem to be wandering into the hive, and there seem to be a lot of the white wings scattered on the ground underneath the screened bottom of the hive?
Any clues would be gratefully received!
Mark & Katja





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