Posted by Stephanie | Posted in Uncategorized | Posted on 20-01-2009
Apparently, the noble honeybee is not only a master pollinator, but also a consummate intimidator! According to a study performed by German scientists, the buzz of nearby honeybees can cause plant-munching caterpillars to cease and desist. Apparently the caterpillars can’t tell the difference between pollen seeking bees and caterpillar-hunting wasps. Read more about it here: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/12/081222143511.htm
If you want a fun way to learn about honeybees visit helpthehoneybees.com. There’s even a spot where you can create your own personalized bee. I think the likeness of mine is unmistakable!
If you want to entice honeybees to your garden try planting blueberries, bee balm, coneflowers, herbs or sunflowers.
Seed ya later!
Stephanie
Wow, Fun! This is bee me:
Here is my bee-me, I call her Ro-BEE-rta!!!
It’s Tara “Bee”!
One favorite of bees that wasn’t mentioned: Hypericum or St. John’s Wort. I’ve counted at least 14 different varieties of bee-like insects all enjoying the yellow button flowers on these shrubs. Covered with flowers and crowded with bees, there must be something special in that pollen. I’ve never been threatened by those eager flyers, even – when hand-picking Japanese Beetles – bees fly into me or get caught between my hand and the JBs I’m reaching for.