Its BEE season!

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I love having bees in my garden. Here in WA they are all year round and I have some autumn flowering lilly pilly's that they love. Autumn mornings wouldn't be the same without the humming noise of busy bees. I also let some of my winter veggie crops go to flower just to keep them coming back, so in the summer they will come and pollinate my crops of Cucurbitaceaes.

I especially love seeing our native bees called blue banded bees, hovering around my garden. They are so pretty with their blue stripes. This is a picture of one, but not from me (I'm never quick enough) - australiangeographic.com.au
 

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#122
Echoes said:
One of your little devils got me between the toes this morning and I ain't the least bit pleased! Walking through the yard I apparently scooped him off some clover between my sandal and foot and he went to town on me. I know they're only supposed to be able to hit once, but I swear it was three or four times before I shook him out.

Hurt like a major Mutha! Still watching it for redness and swelling but it's the underside of the second toe, so it's hard to examine.
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Ouch… my oath it smarts.

This is what my Bennett's toes looked like after he stepped on a bee while we were playing in the garden, a while ago now. But boy did he jump around like a cat possessed, and it his little pads went bright pink and hot. Poor little button.
 

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#123
I watched a programme about honey bees the other night. Im going in search of plants that the little bees like to put under my window, I like bees and would be happy to have them hanging from a tree!
 
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It was definitely a Honeybee. Poor thing got the worst end of the encounter too. Kind of felt bad for it's passing. :sad:

No lasting effect though .... for me. No swelling or redness. Now if it had been one of those red wasps we have so many of, I may not be walking today.
 
#125
vinbenphon1 said:
I love having bees in my garden. Here in WA they are all year round and I have some autumn flowering lilly pilly's that they love. Autumn mornings wouldn't be the same without the humming noise of busy bees. I also let some of my winter veggie crops go to flower just to keep them coming back, so in the summer they will come and pollinate my crops of Cucurbitaceaes.

I especially love seeing our native bees called blue banded bees, hovering around my garden. They are so pretty with their blue stripes. This is a picture of one, but not from me (I'm never quick enough) - australiangeographic.com.au
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what a beautiful bee! those blue stripes are amazing. for some reason they're reminding me of your opals.
 
#128
Hey frick! I just saw this. I have had a LOT of changes since I started this thread. My bees are doing well, but they are being taken care of by another beekeeper. I have moved away from the US and where I live, I cannot keep bees (well, I could, but they would be out on the street foraging for things I would not like to know about, like soda!).

Those little rascals were a TON of work, and as much as I loved beeing a beekeeper, I am really enjoying knowing I can get amazing honey from other folks! I still plant for pollinators and encourage others to do so too.

Also, where I live now we have hummingbirds, which I love! We did not have them where I was before in Hawaii, so that is a great treat!

Bee happy!
 
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CobaltBlu said:
Hey frick! I just saw this. I have had a LOT of changes since I started this thread. My bees are doing well, but they are being taken care of by another beekeeper. I have moved away from the US and where I live, I cannot keep bees (well, I could, but they would be out on the street foraging for things I would not like to know about, like soda!).

Those little rascals were a TON of work, and as much as I loved beeing a beekeeper, I am really enjoying knowing I can get amazing honey from other folks! I still plant for pollinators and encourage others to do so too.

Also, where I live now we have hummingbirds, which I love! We did not have them where I was before in Hawaii, so that is a great treat!

Bee happy!
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I'm sorry to hear that, but I understand. I hope you're enjoying your new country & home, & that you & your family are doing well.

I watch the honey bees in my garden most evenings, & they make me think of you & your bees.
 
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