just finished this bee pendant made from wire wrapped agate, which one do you like?
u/About_opal — 4 days ago
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My dad was a beekeeper when I was a kid, we always had fresh honey. I loved those honey bees, and bumblebees! So I painted a bumblebee on a beach stone from here in Rhode Island!
u/hickorydickorydots — 5 days ago
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Carpenter bee robbing nectar from great blue lobelia in my Columbus, Ohio yard
This one skipped the front door. Instead of crawling into the flower from the front, it landed on the side and drank through the base of the flower tube.
That's nectar robbing. The bee gets the nectar without touching the pollen or the stigma, so the plant gets nothing back for it.
Great blue lobelia (Lobelia siphilitica) is shaped for bees that crawl in from the front. Large carpenter bees do this on a lot of tube-shaped flowers, and once there's a slit at the base, smaller insects sometimes use the same opening.
Anyone else catch carpenter bees doing this? Curious if your other bees ever use the slits afterward.
u/GillettesHabitatGard — 5 days ago
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Made a gentle new fuzzy little friend during my morning garden walk
u/Rachel_Gomezes — 12 days ago