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Bees

Counting Bees for 2021

By Queen Bee | 03/18/2021
3rd Bee of the 2021 Bee Count

Once temps rise above 50 degrees, bees emerge and need food.

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Obedient Plants House Small Bees

By Queen Bee | 01/08/2021
Leaf Cutter Bee inside Obedient Plant

How many tiny bees can you find?

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Invasive Stink Bug Killed Bumblebee

By Queen Bee | 12/28/2020
Stink Bug Killed Bumblebee screenshot

Does this look as though the invasive stink bug killed this bumblebee?

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Ohio Native Bees Love the Native Obedient Plant

By Queen Bee | 01/12/2020
Bumblebees climbing inside the 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!

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Feed the Bees with Spring Blooming Native Plants

By Queen Bee | 12/15/2019
Feed the Bees with picture of Blue False Indigo

The bees will “do what they gotta do” to get their food as long as you have put a plant there for them!

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Save the Ohio Native Bees and Bumblebee Species

By Queen Bee | 01/08/2019
Leaf Cutter on Annual Flower Cosmos Bright Lights Ohio Endangered 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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The Black Bee: The Two-Spotted Longhorn Bees

By Queen Bee | 01/07/2019

The all black Two-Spotted Longhorn Bees finally caught my attention in the summer of 2010. These all black bees are docile and are my favorite Ohio native bee.

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