Bees
COUNTING BEES FOR 2021
Once temps rise above 50 degrees, bees emerge and need food.
Read MoreOBEDIENT PLANTS HOUSE SMALL BEES
How many tiny bees can you find?
Read MorePHORESY: BUMBLEBEES
Play Video One of the weirdest things I happened in the yard this summer. Freaked me out. The beetle doesn’t hurt of the kill the bee. It uses the bumblebee solely for traveling to a new location and then lets go.
Read MoreInvasive Stink Bug Killed Bumblebee
Does this look as though the invasive stink bug killed this bumblebee?
Read MoreOhio Native Bees Love the Native Obedient Plant
Flowers on these plants will hold the tiniest native bees to the chubbiest of bumblebees inside them. When viewed from any angle you’ll find that the flowers are loaded with bee butts and dangling legs!
Read MoreFeed the Bees with Spring Blooming Native Plants
The bees will “do what they gotta do” to get their food as long as you have put a plant there for them!
Read MoreSave the Ohio Native Bees and Bumblebee Species
To save my Ohio native bees and other native insects and birds, I removed almost all non-native shrubs and flowers. I doubled the amount of organic heirloom flowers, and native plants, as well as additional native shrubs and trees.
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