bees on other flowers
Fri, 07/18/2008 - 16:41 — peckki
While my other sunflowers spieces have not blossomed, bees are attracted to my Black-eyed Susan.
Yesterday evening, I saw three Honey bees stayed on two black-eyed susan for several minutes. They appeared enjoyed their flowers.
Brigitte Peck Ki Laou
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Why not use the Lavendar as the plant to count off of??
I have numerous bee & Bumble & native sightings but not on the sunflower, of the 5 remaining plants one has no bud at all, 2 are very sturdy and have lots of buds but no bloom, 1 has a lanky stock and 1 flower.
The bees & Co. have done a nice job on the veggie garden of zuchinni, cucumbers and the tomato plants have gone wild!
There are 5 sage species, comfrey, coyote mint, 3 different lavendars, Cali Poppies, carpeteria, butterfly bush and a few more different varieties of plants and shrubs.
Number one on the bee, butterfly & hummingbird list is the Lavendar!!!! Lots of people in the group seem to have Lavendar in their yards. Maybe next year we can switch over to the Lavendar because as soon as it kicks in & blooms - theres bees. Its easier to grow and maintain.
What is everyone's thoughts on this?
Bees on other flowers
I have one sunflower plant from the packet sent -- I'm thankful for the one! I'm still waiting for it to bloom. Here in Salem, Oregon, we have lots of honeybees rilght now, especially on the borage flowers. Bumblebees prefer the lavender and hibiscus. These are black fuzzy bumblebees with light colored thoraxes (and head? I don't see close-up that clearly!), and a light band near the tail. I'll take a magnifying glass out and try to get a better view.
There are a few honeybees (?) on the lavender that look a little different from the fuzzy golden brown borage bees. They seem less fuzzy, a little darker in color, their stripes show up more. Yellowjackets and paper wasps (probably -- recent interlopers here) visit the lavender sometimes.
Also a tiny orange-brown butterfly is here now that doesn't look like I think skippers look -- wings folded upright, more delicate than skipper butterflies.
And tiny flies or bees or wasps on the tiniest flowers, like the yarrow and garlic chives.
First sample submission: at last!
While the weather up here in Brantford, Ontario, Canada had been outstanding for growth, only 2 seeds from the packet provided, germinated. The first bloom actually appeared the first weekend of August but between family events, rain and more rain, it wasn't until today did I find the time to sit down to observe. My apologies.
bees on flowers
My butterfly garden has lot's of bee's. I have 3 sunflowers that germinated from the project but have yet to flower. But in my garden the bumble bee's love the penstemon, they have been hanging around all summer. The honey bee's like my lavender, scabiosa, cone flowers, zinnia, and catmint.
A few years ago I thought I had discovered a new type of bee. It was almost all yellow. He was on a sunflower and when he started walking on the leaves he left powdery footprints all over. I realized that he was covered with pollen, and just a honeybee, lol.
Bees on Moon flowers
Only one of the sunflower germinated and has only one sunflower bud which is small but visible and not bloom yet.
I have about 20 Moon Flower plants, big white flower smells good and bloom for a little more than one day.
For the past few days in the morning, there is about 10-16 blooming at the same time and the count of the bees is about 10-20 and some of the Moon Flowers have about 4 bees visit at the same time. And I usually can see 1-2 different kind of bees. I have a lot of bees where I live, Roseland, NJ. I believed there is a beehive at my backyard. I just don't know where. But it is very rare to see butterfly. Once in a while see a white small one.
I've had bees attracted to
I've had bees attracted to my:
-Cosmos (White, Purple and Pink)
-Nasturtium (Orange)
-Portulaca (Pink, Orange, Whit, Yellow and Red)
-Asters (Purple and Fushia)
-Dhalias (Pink and White)
-Osteospernum (Purple and Orange)
-Honeysuckle
-Patunias
-Begonias
-Marigolds
-Wildflowers and Clover
My vegetable garden was successful this year as well and I spotted bees on my pepper flowers and tomato flowers.
Unfortunately none of my sunflowers grew.
Butterfly Bush & Lavender
My Butterfly Bush has had up to 8 honey bees, couple of Bumble Bees and as yet unidentified native bees and hummingbirds at a time as they love both plants. My sunflowers are growing but no blooms yet.
Bumble Bees
My sunflowers haven't bloomed either. We had a particularly wet spring/summer so I'm sure I lost some if not all of my seeds. I did plant other sunflower varieties and I think that is what is sprouting now. They have buds on them so they will bloom soon. However, I do have LOTS of Bumble Bees on my Coneflowers and Liatris. They are also attracted to my hostas that are blooming. I continue to look for Honey Bees but haven't seen any on these flowers. : (
Bumble Bees and certain flower shapes
I've been looking closely at bumble bees in my garden here in Michigan. They have a long tongue like a drinking straw they use to eat nectar. On bee balm there are dozens of tiny tubes that comprise the flower head. The bee will stick her straw down one, then another, then another. A different bee species with a shorter "straw" could not drink nectar from this plant.