My Gardener Says…


Home | Pages | Archives


I’m Counting

April 6, 2017 10:49 pm

One,

 

…two,

 

…three.

…little honeybees.

Posted by Tina

Categories: Backyard beekeeping, Honeybees, Pollinators, Uncategorized

Tags:

20 Responses to “I’m Counting”

  1. So gorgeous!

    Like

    By Dottie Cartwright on April 6, 2017 at 11:22 pm

    1. Aren’t they, though?

      Like

      By Tina on April 7, 2017 at 8:16 am

  2. Beautiful and its always heartening when I see a honeybee.

    Like

    By petspeopleandlife on April 6, 2017 at 11:41 pm

    1. Yes, pollinators at work are a definition of life renewed.

      Liked by 1 person

      By Tina on April 7, 2017 at 8:17 am

  3. It occurs to me that “honeybee” would substitute quite nicely in the childhood song we sang about Indians: “One little, two little, three little honeybees.”

    I like the color of your background, too. I think you must have just changed this to suit the flowers. Very pretty.

    Like

    By shoreacres on April 7, 2017 at 4:37 am

    1. Haha. That’s exactly what slinked into my brain, though I resisted! Actualy, the background color is the same, just a lot of red….

      Like

      By Tina on April 7, 2017 at 8:18 am

  4. Brilliant! Very nice poppy too.

    Like

    By Frogend_dweller on April 7, 2017 at 7:43 am

    1. Thanks, Allison. I avoid poppy shots, just because everyone does poppy shots. But I couldn’t resist the bee activity, they adore these flowers.

      Like

      By Tina on April 7, 2017 at 8:19 am

  5. Another great shot! My yard is full of all kinds of bees and some butterflies this year. I’m not sure what changes year to year, but I am happy to see more butterflies and bees too.

    Like

    By automatic gardener on April 7, 2017 at 8:29 am

    1. Yay for pollinators! Like you, I notice that some years my garden is full of “x” butterflies and the next, of “y” butterflies–not sure why, but as long as there are bees and butterflies (and birds, of course), I’m cool.

      Liked by 1 person

      By Tina on April 7, 2017 at 9:10 am

  6. Great shot! As usual, I have poppy envy…yours are gorgeous. I’m seeing swarms of bees around our bottlebrush tree just now… Seems the little sweeties are all about the red flowers at the moment. Last week it was one particular yaupon covered with tiny white flowers drawing their attention. So good to see busy pollinators!

    Like

    By texasdeb on April 7, 2017 at 9:57 am

    1. The poppies great bloomers each and every spring. I love bottle brush, but have never grown one and I know that bees really like that plant.

      Like

      By Tina on April 7, 2017 at 12:58 pm

  7. Tina is wonderful to see three bees together in a beautiful poppy. I hope you have many more poppies full of bees. Greetings from Margarita.

    Like

    By margaritaexam141 on April 7, 2017 at 1:09 pm

    1. Most of the poppies have bloomed, but there are a few other waiting in line. Thanks, Margarita!

      Like

      By Tina on April 7, 2017 at 6:07 pm

  8. Nice to see the honey bees Tina 🙂 I’ve spotted few around a Crocus clump but then the weather has turned very rainy and even a bit of snow… But the warm-up is coming.

    Like

    By diversifolius on April 7, 2017 at 3:24 pm

    1. I’m sure your honeys are happy to have the crocus available to them. I hope you weather patterns slide into spring soon!

      Like

      By Tina on April 7, 2017 at 6:08 pm

      1. Yes, it seems spring is here, but not many things in flower yet and so the Crocus are very, very useful. Interesting that in the wild flora as well there are very few species to flower so early.

        Like

        By diversifolius on April 10, 2017 at 2:58 pm

      2. They know how cold it is there!

        Like

        By Tina on April 10, 2017 at 4:52 pm

  9. I always think that poppies must be somewhat addictive to bees because when they get in there they move around in a frenzied manner as though high on drugs. Nothing will disturb them.

    Like

    By Jenny on April 8, 2017 at 6:12 pm

    1. Yeah, they’re mind-mannered, lady-like bees until they’re deep into poppies, then they become wild girls!

      Like

      By Tina on April 8, 2017 at 9:34 pm

Leave a Reply



Mobile Site | Full Site


Get a free blog at WordPress.com Theme: WordPress Mobile Edition by Alex King.