11 Days To Go ... Is She Gravid?
So all season long this wonderful gal was with my male bumblebee, but I never witnessed any locks anytime I checked in one them.
I keep second-guessing myself on if she is or not, hence why i'm posting this.
I got them home from moving back to my parents, put my male bee back in with her & he was all over her but she refused, noticed an Ovulation, threw him back in ... Again didn't notice a single thing! She just finished having a shed, refusing food & keeps going up and down in weight... We think we've felt 5 follicles in her but are unsure since she doesn't want to stay still & moves whatever is inside her around.
We've got 11 more days till she "COULD" Drop any eggs if the male bee got to her since he was producing sperm plugs.
I took these pictures Yesterday of her; she keeps pushing all the shavings aside & is always on the warm side of the bin. She has been VERY Kinked up these last few days but isn't so much in these pictures. Also her tail is very flat & thinned out * See picture *
Anyone think that she could drop some pearly whites in 11 days?
Picture of her tail, its hard to tell & see what i'm talking about, but its there if you look hard enough.
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