💗🐝Our Backyard Beekeeping Journey!🐝💗

[drstratton]

Yesterday a friend asked me about a honeybees vision. I realized that I hadn't read anything on that. So, this video is from a quick inquiry. It's 1.5 min long and I think it's fascinating.

 

[Mini Horses]

That's so cool!!! . Thank you for posting

 

[drstratton]

That's so cool!!!

I thought so too! I'm constantly learning something new about them!

 

[drstratton]

After I mowed the lawn, I tilled up the front portion of the Apiary flower bed. We need to get something going in there and we need to move a large portion of the Shasta Daisy's out, so we can plant Dahlias in there.

I have the hose laid out as a straight edge. I want to remove that portion of grass. It's not convenient for mowing with the sprinkler valve box what it is. I want to be able to drive over the top and get it all mowed in one pass. As a bonus, the bees will get more flowers.

 

[drstratton]

Bees and blooms!

On my Shasta Daisy's.

A bonus bee. I didn't see it until I came inside to look at my pictures! The search said tiny bees like this are known as Fairy bees. I've always wanted Fairy's in my garden...lol

 

[Mini Horses]

Is it really a "bee"? I see the bee shape & all but???

Where do they come from, stay, etc?

 

[drstratton]

Is it really a "bee"? I see the bee shape & all but???

Where do they come from, stay, etc?

They said it might be a type of sweat bee. Some live in the ground and I imagine in plants too. Google can only do so much, but I saw some other pictures of similar insects. There are so many different species of bees. I think the size and shape of the wings are also an indicator.

 

[SageHill]

Wow - what a difference in size! Guessing they are harmless to the bigger bees.

 

[drstratton]

Wow - what a difference in size! Guessing they are harmless to the bigger bees.

Yeah, I didn't read anything about them being harmful. It's super cute!

 

[RR Homestead]

Bees and blooms.

Our Black Locust are blooming, this is one of the smaller trees, it's actually growing on our son's property.
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We planted these wild roses when we put the treeline in. So glad the bees are enjoying it too.
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This is a Golden Chain tree. The bees are all over it.
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Our black locust finished blooming weeks ago. They bloomed before they even fully got their leaves. Things are very confused this year.