Don't worry about the bees

kqcrna

14 years ago

I'm taking good care of them

Karen

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mcbdz
14 years ago
COOL. Thanks so much. :O)
Pattie
carrie630
14 years ago
Oh, karen - that is such a wonderful photo - prize winning...

Carrie
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The bees are not disappearing though. The commercial hives have had some issues apparently, but the wild bees don't appear to have the same problem. It is very dangerous to conclude there is a problem with the native bee population simply because they aren't present in numbers in one's own yard in a given year. As far as I know from the research the problems with bees is limited to bee keepers (honey bees) and even then the claim they are in decline is only substantiated by the bee keeper's association which has a monetary interest in getting more people to be bee keepers. The University of Wisconsin has said whatever might be (or might not be) happening elsewhere doesn't appear to be happening here. This idea that humans will all starve to death if the honey bees die off is simply absurd, they aren't even native to our country.
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No advice, just wanted to say you are not alone in that type of a mistake. Just a couple weeks ago I took my tea kettle off the left burner (old gas stove with cast iron grids) and moved it to the right like I usually do. Because I cook breakfast on the right and heat water on the left for coffee as I do that. Anyway, I moved the kettle and pulled the porcelain cover down over the burner - like usual. I come back into the kitchen a half hour later and smell something hot. Then I see the big brown scorch mark ontop of the porcelain burner cover. I'd forgotten to turn off the burner when I covered it! Talk about panic. I love my 60yr. old Magic Chef and was sick. Luckily I was able to scour the mark with Zud and then a Magic Eraser and fade the scorch mark. Yes, the cleaners probably scoured off some of the finish along with the brown but it looks much better - still faintly visible - but much better.
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lblack61
14 years ago
THAT is Gorgeous!!! Is that Butterfly Weed? If it is, I'm glad mine germinated (I hope it grows well and blooms)
Man is that nice.

Linda
kqcrna
Original Author
14 years ago
Yes, Linda, it's butterfly weed. I have 3 of them and I think they're my best plants.

Karen
not_a_contessa
14 years ago
That is a fantastic shot, and I love how many other flowers you have there. Thanks for sharing.

Mary
vera_eastern_wa
14 years ago
Oh I can't wait to see Butterfly Weed bloom here!!

Thanks for sharing the beauty,

Vera
rosepedal
14 years ago
Karen that is one of the best photos! Wowzers...Great Eye :)
bakemom_gw
14 years ago
Beautiful! I have a ton of bees this year too.
daisydawnny
14 years ago
Beautiful photo! I too have seen more bee's this year!
anna_in_quebec
14 years ago
I don't have many bees over here, so I worry, but your corner of the world is beautiful - a gorgeous photo. Indeed prize winning!
floodthelast
14 years ago
Great pic, so much color all at once. It's like my dreams. :)
roflol
14 years ago
Great photo!

(hello bees... miss ya... )
albertar
14 years ago
Beautiful pic Karen.

Alberta
echinaceamaniac
14 years ago
Karen - I love butterfly "flower" too. I refuse to call them weeds! I have tons of them. I lucked up and got some yellow ones to germinate in a mixed packet. I now have some that are reddish, yellow and orange.

I'm going to cut mine back now before they go to seeds so they'll bloom again. I do this every year.

Beautiful photo!
kqcrna
Original Author
14 years ago
I don't cut back my plants. I just pull off pods as they form. As long as they don't set seeds, they rebloom. The second flush of flowers comes around early August I think. They never ask for anything but sun- not even a sip of water during drought.

Thanks for all the compliments on the photo. I didn't think it was that great- just sort of cute with so many bees competing for one flower. The whole plant looks like that much of the day.

Karen
a2zmom_Z6_NJ
14 years ago
What a lovely, cheerful photo. What the dark red flower behind the butterfly weed in the lower left? Such a pretty color.

My butterfly weed just started blooming a couple of days ago and I too have happy bees!

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