The bumble bee / myLot

India

March 27, 2023 1:32am CST

We had these bumble bees flying around but they are not seen here these days. I put on my thinking cap and tried to understand why they have disappeared. I think I have the answer. We had this blue trumpet vine that had invaded our whole garden and for years we have struggled to get rid of it. We do not have that vine that produced pretty flowers no doubt but they just grabbed anything and everything they could climb on to. The bumble bee only liked these flowers and in their absence obviously they have no interest to be around here. Just as we human beings have choices when it comes to food I think they too have choices. What is your favourite food?

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Judy Story

@jstory07 (134238)

• Roseburg, Oregon

27 Mar 23

Thee bees know what they want. My favorite food is pork spare ribs.

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@allknowing (130067)

• India

27 Mar 23

You must be regularly cooking your favourite dish. And hopefully your husband would also be liking it

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@allknowing (130067)

• India

27 Mar 23

I would have retained that vine if they restricted their invasion

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Fleur

@Fleura (29097)

• United Kingdom

27 Mar 23

it's true they could have come just for their favourite flowers. Or they could be part of the worldwide decline in insects generally due to use of pesticides.

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@allknowing (130067)

• India

27 Mar 23

Here we do not use pesticides and I am sure if I re-introduce the blue trumpet vine I am sure to see them again.

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OceanTiara

@RebeccasFarm (86485)

• United States

27 Mar 23

The bumblee..what do they actually eat? Flowers? I would eat flowers as a favorite food.

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@allknowing (130067)

• India

27 Mar 23

I think they like that particular nectar

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Anna

@LadyDuck (457249)

• Switzerland

27 Mar 23

I noticed that the bees here like more yellow flowers, while the wasps seems to like the blue flowers of the rosemary. I do not have one favourite food.

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@allknowing (130067)

• India

27 Mar 23

Whatever you cook must be done with great finesse

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@allknowing (130067)

• India

27 Mar 23

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