u/Feminine_Adventurer

Is it normal for the bees to ignore the flowers, i only see flies on them?

All 4 of my Washington navels are thick with flowers this year. The bees are going crazy and knocking the pedals off left and right.

First picture is my ruby red and its been planted in ground for 16 years. This thing produced about 350 grapefruit last year and she's a little wore out this year and taking a break. First year to have a fraction of its normal flowers, but she's flushing great so im sure it will be good to go next year. 2nd picture is my Washington navel and its been in ground for 12 years now. It produced the most oranges it ever had last year, probably around 100. This year its flushing and flowering like crazy so it's going to be interesting to see how many i get this year. This tree does very well here in the pacific northwest and the fruit is ready in November before it gets to cold.