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Related: About this forumBees are back
Last edited Wed Apr 10, 2024, 04:21 PM - Edit history (2)
We had sunny skies and temperatures in the upper 70s today. The garden was buzzing with pollenators.
Carpenter bee
Violets
Honeybee
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Bees are back (Original Post)
Mousetoescamper
Apr 2024
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elleng
(139,582 posts)1. WOW! Think I saw one on a daffodil, on my patio!
Mousetoescamper
(6,260 posts)6. Thanks!
Inkey
(390 posts)2. I saw my first bee today
in front of house. Always a welcome
sight. Also have been seeing Violets
popping up on the front lawn.
Mousetoescamper
(6,260 posts)7. I hate to mow when the lawn violets are blooming.
Deuxcents
(22,375 posts)3. Is that your lilac plant that bee is visiting?
Looks like it’s about to bloom soon..
Mousetoescamper
(6,260 posts)8. None other. Should be in full bloom at the end of the month.
CaliforniaPeggy
(154,047 posts)4. Wonderful closeups, my dear Mousetoescamper!
Love the colors and details.
Well done.
Mousetoescamper
(6,260 posts)9. Thanks!

sprinkleeninow
(21,017 posts)5. Hello there bee!
They come right near me, staying awhile as I speak to them. Yes, I talk to bees, moths, dragonfly, worms and others.🤭
Mousetoescamper
(6,260 posts)10. I often do the same with all manner of critters.
Today I talked to this squirrel while it lay resting on a branch.
AllaN01Bear
(25,320 posts)11. the beez are buzzing. yay.