Wait till a Praying Mantis shows up and "insects" some revenge...
Brandon Magette of St Marys, mobile @ 785-844-0139
On Thu, Jul 17, 2025, 10:49 Dan Mulhern <browndog06...> wrote:
> Sitting on my front porch on an unseasonably nice morning, I was able to > watch a confrontation between two aerial nectarphiles. > A honeybee and a female Ruby-throated Hummingbird were trying to feed from > the same patch of Hosta blossoms. They'd skirmish in mid air and the bee > got driven off. It returned several times and got the same treatment. It > finally tried to compromise by visiting a different set of blossoms, but > this was still too close for the hummingbird (less than 2 feet). > The bee was again thrashed about until it departed for good. The > hummingbird looked around, saw that it had won, took another sip, and also > left. Now I have no one to enjoy the Hostas. > Dan Mulhern Manhattan > > For KSBIRD-L archives or to change your subscription options, go to > https://listserv.ksu.edu/ksbird-l.html > For KSBIRD-L guidelines go to > http://www.ksbirds.org/KSBIRD-LGuidelines.htm > To contact a listowner, send a message to > mailto:<ksbird-l-request...> >
