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August 16, 2010
Hello Daniel,
Thanks for your quick response and thorough information. I’m sorry about the cropped pic. My son took the pic and IM’ed it to me. If I can get a better one from him, I will email it to you. My brother and I are very interested in bugs. We have said that since our weather here in Ohio has been very hot and humid this summer and likened to the southern US climate that we may start to see insects indigenous to that area migrating up north. We feel this is an interesting concept and worth the watch. If I notice this then I will email you the info.
I have questions that maybe you can answer. This is regarding the black bumblebee with the fuzzy yellow back. In years past, we would see the regular size bumblebee going from flower to flower gathering pollen and there would be many seen. In more recent years (about five to ten years), this started to change. The bumblebees gathering the pollen are much smaller, few in numbers and now we see huge bumblebees with long thick abdomens in the spring hanging around carports and garages in groups of two to five, and they appear as though they are fighting each other. They have no interest in humans walking past. Their focus is strictly on attacking the other bumblebees. I looked at the BugGuide and there is no listing of the bumblebee as even being in Ohio. As I said, they were plentiful here and we still have them, but few of them are seen today except for what I described. Do you have any information about this and do you know what this spring ritual is?
My brother and I appreciate your information.
Kathy C. Seeman

Hi Kathy,
Without a photo, it would be difficult to be certain, but perhaps your large fighting bees are Carpenter Bees.  See BugGuide for information.

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