Bees Conversing…And More! by 67steffen

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bee humor, bee photos

Light humor from the hive. by 67steffen

Here’s a list of possible conversations that these two bees are having at the entrance to their hive…and only one is correct:

1. “Who’s the guy with the camera?”
2.  “It’s a jungle out there.”
3. “Quitting time.”
4. “I don’t know, what do you want to do?”

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Gardeners can ‘bee friendly’ with little effort by Day by Day

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bee biology, ecology, gardening and pesticides, honey bee biology, insecticide use

Robert Frost’s “A Prayer in Spring” reads in part: “And make us happy in the happy bees / The swarm dilating round the perfect trees / And make us happy in the darting bird / That suddenly above the bees is heard.”

We know honeybees produce the sticky, sweet nectar that we spread on toast or pour into recipes. More than 4,000 species of bees are native to North America.

Some consider bees pests. Some unwittingly kill the good bugs and bees while using broad methods to kill true pests. It’s important to know the difference and how and why to prevent extinction of the tiny things that matter.

Birds & Blooms magazine calls all bees unsung heroes that work hard to keep our food web functioning: “One in every three bites of food we eat is courtesy of pollination, and 85 percent of flowering plants and trees rely on pollinators for survival.”

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