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Category Archives: Bees
Good Bee Hunting
I found lots of bees today on my way to and from my community garden plot. On the way over, I saw some beautiful coreopsis with cute little Halictus (I think) sweat bees filling their saddle bags with pollen. In … Continue reading
Posted in Bees, garden
Tagged blackberries, borage, clover, coreopsis, halictus, honeybee, hylaeus, National Pollinator Week, Pollinator Week, salvia, Watertown Community Garden
What to plant for bees
It’s Pollinator Week and everyone wants to know what to do for the bees. The one best thing you can do for bees is to plant flowers. The bees will find even little flowers in a windowbox or a small … Continue reading
Posted in Bees
Tagged flowers for bees, National Pollinator Week, plants for bees, Pollinator Week
Another bumblebee in the raspberries
A couple weeks ago, my old camera’s sensor stopped working outside, though I can still take video with it. (Like this.) I tried to put off getting a new one, because I knew I would get obsessed. But with National … Continue reading
7 Ways to Help the Bees
It’s National Pollinator Week, a good time to talk about what we can do to help the bees. Bees are so not different from us. All they need is safety, food, shelter, and a little help from our friends. By … Continue reading
Posted in Bees
Tagged bee hotel, flowers, National Pollinator Week, native bees, neonicotinoids
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Let’s spend a couple minutes watching bumblebees
It’s the first day of National Pollinator week, and the raspberries are flowering. So are the strawberries, the bladder campion, the mock orange, and the catmint. June is a good time for bees! So here’s a quick video I just … Continue reading
Posted in Bees
Tagged bumblebees, carpenter bee, little bees, National Pollinator Week
Honey Tasting and Movie: Queen of the Sun
On Wednesday June 25, Friends of Bees will be showing Queen of the Sun: What are the Bees Telling Us? at Watertown Free Public Library. Queen of the Sun is a beautiful and fascinating movie about our relationship with bees. … Continue reading
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Tagged Friends of Bees, honey-tasting, Queen of the Sun, Watertown Citizens, Watertown Library
Now here’s a Miner bee!
In spring you may see lots of little bees emerging from the ground or your lawn. The ones I find are little brown Early Miner Bees. First are groups of them zooming around. These are the males, who emerge first. … Continue reading
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Tagged Andrena, miner bee, Miner Bees
