Tiny bees and hiccuping horse

[ElleSkywalker]

Evening,

So randomly for a few weeks every year we have lots of tiny little ginger bees vanishing into our feed room and a few stable doors. They soon give up and go elsewhere and I can't say I've ever noticed them coming back for any honey or anything so I honestly have no idea why they do it? Would these be solitary bees?!

Little cobbler has scared the bejesus out of me today by hiccuping a lot. It turns out after careful observation and administering electrolytes that when she puts her head over door and a bee flies near her she hiccups. Sometimes this carries on for a bit. Inside her stable eating her hay she is fine, no hiccuping so Am confident it's just the bees that are upsetting her. Anyone else's horse hiccup when upset? I have one the gulps, but this is def expelling air rather than taking it in?!

All very odd.

 

[ester]

might they be bee flies?

http://www.brc.ac.uk/soldierflies-and-allies/bee-flies

 

[ElleSkywalker]

They a cute wee things. They are def solitary bees tho. Have done some jolly googling 😳 seems they aren't as solitary as their name might suggest!

 

[Gloi]

My stallion used to hiccup when he was being brushed

 

[MotherOfChickens]

My stallion used to hiccup when he was being brushed

my Fell does it when groomed-most odd.

 

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Every time I see the title of this thread my head reads it as ‘tiny hiccuping bees’ - such a cute mental image 😄

 

[ElleSkywalker]

Every time I see the title of this thread my head reads it as ‘tiny hiccuping bees’ - such a cute mental image 😄

That would be adorable 😁

 

[Dave's Mam]

They are probably masonry bees or timber bees. They are a variety of small bumble bee. I used to have some that loved in Camilla's stable. They are solitary in that they do not form a hive, but they do group together to nest & lay eggs.

 

[BeckyFlowers]

My stallion used to hiccup when he was being brushed

Mine used to do it as well, and he still does it every now and then. I just put it down to him being a big idiot.

 

[Dave's Mam]

Dave burps when he's anxious.

 

[Gloi]

my Fell does it when groomed-most odd.

Mine was a Fell too. I just put it down to him being a perv.

 

[MotherOfChickens]

Mine was a Fell too. I just put it down to him being a perv.

Was he a Lownthwaite? I am sure my pony isn't a perv

 

[Gloi]

No, Sleddale. He found being groomed very exciting

 

[ElleSkywalker]

Interestingly I think said cobbler might be half fell......she's no longer hiccuping at the bees just glaring at them crossly so thats nice as was a little alarming.

Today we made the bees some little houses that hopefully they will like more than the doors 😀

 

[Keith_Beef]

Did your bees look like mine?

I took this on 20 April, but only got around to cropping and enhancing the image this morning. I've also posted it to another forum to see if I can get an identification.

 

[Myloubylou]

Is it a https://www.buglife.org.uk/bugs-and-habitats/ruby-tailed-wasp ?

 

[Leam_Carrie]

Evening,

So randomly for a few weeks every year we have lots of tiny little ginger bees vanishing into our feed room and a few stable doors. They soon give up and go elsewhere and I can't say I've ever noticed them coming back for any honey or anything so I honestly have no idea why they do it? Would these be solitary bees?!

Little cobbler has scared the bejesus out of me today by hiccuping a lot. It turns out after careful observation and administering electrolytes that when she puts her head over door and a bee flies near her she hiccups. Sometimes this carries on for a bit. Inside her stable eating her hay she is fine, no hiccuping so Am confident it's just the bees that are upsetting her. Anyone else's horse hiccup when upset? I have one the gulps, but this is def expelling air rather than taking it in?!

All very odd.

We have ginger bees in our garden. They make lots of little burrows and then disappear. My husband says they’re sand bees.

 

[ElleSkywalker]

Eek no KB they are very fancy bees!