Sweet Smelling Blooms Bring Bees
By CarolDM
@CarolDM (203396)
Nashville, Tennessee
June 7, 2021 3:17pm CST
Was walking around in the yard just now, in between rain showers, with my camera. Lots of blooms to see today.
I have one Golden Privet shrub in the front garden. When it blooms, it smells wonderful. Very sweet, like honeysuckle. The bees are all over the shrub, all summer long.
Snapped this photo after standing still a few minutes, so they would not notice me. Would like to get more of the shrubs to have all over the yard. The fragrance is something else.
This shrub will have the green leaves and white blooms through the end of September usually. Another favorite in the yard.
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@DocAndersen (54399)
• United States
8 Jun 21
it is the season when bees begin to frolic. Hopefully, they will displace Cicadae soon!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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@CarolDM (203396)
• Nashville, Tennessee
8 Jun 21
@DocAndersen Indeed. Always a bright side.
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@DocAndersen (54399)
• United States
8 Jun 21
@CarolDM They really can luckily it is only during the daylight hours
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@ScribbledAdNauseum (104615)
• United States
7 Jun 21
Very pretty and what a large bee!
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@ScribbledAdNauseum (104615)
• United States
7 Jun 21
@CarolDM Here we have a Honeybee Festival every year. The beekeepers bring their bees and of course they sell honey.
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@CarolDM (203396)
• Nashville, Tennessee
7 Jun 21
@ScribbledAdNauseum Oh that sounds very cool. I always buy local honey.
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@LindaOHio (222288)
• United States
8 Jun 21
Lovely. It's reassuring to see bees in the yard.
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@MommyOfEli2013 (89474)
• Rupert, Idaho
7 Jun 21
Great photo of the flower....I have a phobia of bees though....so not a big fan of summer.
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@MommyOfEli2013 (89474)
• Rupert, Idaho
8 Jun 21
@CarolDM No problem. And that is good to hear. I get anxiety over them. I am not allergic, but been stung enough to not want that to ever happen again. Bees/wasps are the only reason I am not a big fan of summer. The heat I could deal with....bees, no thanks
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@toniganzon (77064)
• Philippines
8 Jun 21
That’s why bees hover around my citrus plant. The flowers are so fragrant.
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@RebeccasFarm (91299)
• United States
7 Jun 21
My goodness so lovely..I bet they smell amazing
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@wolfgirl569 (135583)
• Marion, Ohio
8 Jun 21
Nice smelling ones are great to have.
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@RasmaSandra (97912)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
8 Jun 21
Back in Latvia, we had bees in our garden all summer long, Even saved one from a rain puddle at onetime and it sat on my finger after I got it out of the puddle and did not sting me, It must have known I was saving it,
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@popciclecold (40215)
• United States
8 Jun 21
If like honeysuckle that's a great smell. I like the essential oil..That and jasmine.
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@kaylachan (84699)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
7 Jun 21
It does look nice. My husband isn't a fan of attracting bees.
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