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Dave Smith[_1_]

On 2018-07-30 3:13 PM, wrote:
> On Monday, July 30, 2018 at 12:43:12 PM UTC-5, U.S. Janet B. wrote:
>>
>> The corn is tasseling and all that pollen is driving the bees crazy.
>> You can hear the hum from 30 feet away. There's at least a half dozen
>> bees per stalk of corn. They are all wearing their pantaloons of
>> yellow as they stagger around )
>> Janet US
>>
>>
> Several years ago I had a bush that produced 1000's of small powder puff
> looking blooms. One day I was in the backyard doing something rather
> close to this bush when I heard angry buzz, buzz, buzz. I looked and there
> were two bumble bees, stumbling around like you said, challenging each
> other to the rights to this bush. Both were so laden with pollen on their
> legs they could barely get any lift to take off and my first thought was
> "there's more than enough pollen for everybody."

I keep hearing about the plight of the bee population but this year
seems to be a good one for them. I can't remember ever seeing as many
bees as we have this year. That is a good thing for pollination, and
even better for honey production.