How many bees are visiting the flowers in your garden?
By CraftyCorner
@CraftyCorner (5600)
United States
3 responses
@wrdsofwisdm (1069)
• United States
19 Jul 07
I've seen some yellow jackets and very few honey bees around the garden in the front and back of my home. Nowhere near as many as I have seen in years past.
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@CraftyCorner (5600)
• United States
22 Jul 07
That is most unfortionate. It is beginning to reflect on the prices in the supermarket as well. I'm paying almost $2 for a bunch of celery!
@suspenseful (40192)
• Canada
19 Jul 07
I have no idea. I do not stand and count all the bees. I know that my strawberries are still coming and my raspberries are producing, the apple tree is practically overladen with apples, so there must be some bees in my garden. That is, unless there is one very tired bee out there doing all the work. I know for some reason, the flowers all get pollinated some how. Say maybe the rabbits and the birds have taken over. There are so many of them.
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@CraftyCorner (5600)
• United States
22 Jul 07
You could be seeing the work of the native bees from your area. Honey bees are not native to the United states, but there are 3500 species that are. The vast majority of bees do not nest in colonies but in single nests in the ground, wood, or in vegetation. Many of these animals have little to no resemblance to our traditional honey bee.
This website could tell you more about what's pollinating your garden.
http://attra.ncat.org/attra-pub/nativebee.html
@danishcanadian (28954)
• Canada
18 Jul 07
When the bees come, I run like the wind! I am never close enough to the flowers when there are bees around, to know how many come to visit. I had a bad experience with a bee sting as a little girl, so I refuse to be anywhere near bees.
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@CraftyCorner (5600)
• United States
18 Jul 07
I understand your skittishness when it comes to the bee sting. Those things can be wicked.
