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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
(141,091 posts)1. WOW! Think I saw one on a daffodil, on my patio!
Mousetoescamper
(6,799 posts)6. Thanks!
Inkey
(440 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
(6,799 posts)7. I hate to mow when the lawn violets are blooming.
Deuxcents
(24,368 posts)3. Is that your lilac plant that bee is visiting?
Looks like its about to bloom soon..
Mousetoescamper
(6,799 posts)8. None other. Should be in full bloom at the end of the month.
CaliforniaPeggy
(155,357 posts)4. Wonderful closeups, my dear Mousetoescamper!
Love the colors and details.
Well done.
Mousetoescamper
(6,799 posts)9. Thanks!

sprinkleeninow
(21,733 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
(6,799 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
(27,617 posts)11. the beez are buzzing. yay.