Mark HGiven that it's World Bee Day and I've seen a number of posts about the decline of bees I would like to anecdotally mention that I've never seen as many bees in our garden as I have this year so far, and a wide variety of species too. I hope that's mostly down to us really letting a few areas go super-wild plus all the berries we grow. The bees really like the caper spurges that are towering over everything in our wild areas now.
Dagnabbit, Pascaline ! 💥Wild areas are so important! You're doing good work here 😊
DoomsdaysCW
ferricoxide@neonbubble
A lot of people in our neighborhood have either set up #PollinatorGardens, converted their yards from grass to natives or have scattered pollinator-attractants in their yards. Later in the season, when all of them are in full flower, our vegetable #gardens and ornamentals are usually swarming with all manner of native and domesticated pollinators.
We also have a few people keeping #honeybee hives in their yards, so, lots of honeybees visit our yard, too.
Overall, it's a really good, busy mix. Only down-side is that #wasps are part of that mix and my wife is deathly allergic to them. In addition to keeping her #EpiPens up-to-date, we had my mom knit us a couple fake hornet's nests for the front and back porches. They seem to do a decent job of encouraging the paper-wasps to nest elsewhere. The carpenter bees don't seem to pay them any mind, though.
A lot of people in our neighborhood have either set up #PollinatorGardens, converted their yards from grass to natives or have scattered pollinator-attractants in their yards. Later in the season, when all of them are in full flower, our vegetable #gardens and ornamentals are usually swarming with all manner of native and domesticated pollinators.
We also have a few people keeping #honeybee hives in their yards, so, lots of honeybees visit our yard, too.
Overall, it's a really good, busy mix. Only down-side is that #wasps are part of that mix and my wife is deathly allergic to them. In addition to keeping her #EpiPens up-to-date, we had my mom knit us a couple fake hornet's nests for the front and back porches. They seem to do a decent job of encouraging the paper-wasps to nest elsewhere. The carpenter bees don't seem to pay them any mind, though.