Or we might have titled this post “Why Bees Are So Important.” In January the press reported that scientists had noticed a significant decline in bumblebee populations in the U.S. — first it was the honeybees that were disappearing and now it’s bumblebees too. Scientists are not sure why just yet, but one thing they [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Pollen’
Tuesday’s Tips — Fruit Set Problems in Squash
Posted in Bees, Garden, Garden Wildlife, Organic Gardening, Pollinators, Tuesday's Tips, Vegetables, tagged Bees, Bumblebees, Fruit Set, Ground-nesting Bees, Hand-pollination, Honeybee, Native Bees, Organic Gardening, Pollen, Pollinators, Squash, Squash Blossoms, Vegetable Garden, Vegetables on August 16, 2011 | 1 Comment »
The Bees and the Witch Hazel — an Almost Wordless Wednesday
Posted in Bees, Block Island, Flowers, Garden, Hive, tagged Bees, Block Island, Blossoms, Flowers, Garden, Honeybee, Native Plants, Photographs, Pollen, Pollinators, Witch Hazel on March 3, 2010 | 2 Comments »
Mary Beth: One warm day last week I wondered why my bees hadn’t visited the witch hazel. Seemed weird that they would pass up this opportunity to gather pollen from the only plant in bloom in the garden. Well, yesterday I wondered no more. They were giddy with it. It was a pollen party for [...]
Butterfly!
Posted in Bees, Block Island, Butterfly, tagged Bees, Block Island, Blossoms, Butterfly, Butterfly Garden, Butterfly Plants, Caterpillars, Chrysalis, Flowers, Gardening, Larva, Mexico, Milkweed, Monarch Butterfly, Nectar, Pollen, Pollinators on November 12, 2009 | 3 Comments »
Mary Beth: Is there anything more amazing than a butterfly, especially a monarch? From its very beginning as a tiny larva, to the chrysalis, to the magnificent winged creature migrating thousands of miles to begin the cycle anew, there isn’t a moment of its life cycle that isn’t breathtakingly beautiful. Swamp Milkweed grows wild on [...]
Going Native, Pollinators Welcome
Posted in Bees, California, Flowers, Garden, tagged Backyard Restoration, Bee Habitat, Bees, Birds, Butterflies, California, California Native Plants, Clay Soil, Drought Tolerant Plants, Flowers, Honeybee, Hummingbirds, Native Plants, Nectar, Pollen, Pollinator Friendly, Wildlife Habitat on May 8, 2009 | 9 Comments »
B: My plants are finally in the ground. It seemed like such a long process. And the truth is it kind of was. Per my usual habit, I had to research EVERYTHING; partly because I just need to know and partly because I HATE making mistakes. And that’s ridiculous, of course. I mean really, what’s [...]
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