Bees and Sunflowers
All my giant sunflowers are up but now I am getting bees. It started this afternoon. so what would you guys do? let them stay up or pull them out? I don't like bees...
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LOl Hunter- you and your sunflowers! Bees are great! They will polinate your garden.xabThe Single Parent Family
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What do you mean by Polinate the garden? They eat and run I think. LOL so you wouldn't pull them out then? they're close to the front door-well about 8 metres. I don't want them stinging the girls...
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Well, they will help any flowers/veges you have in bloom, by cross-polinating the male/females with the pollen that sticks to their legs. Incidently, I have just been to see a friend who has a teeny...
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By wild bees you mean native? In that case I can confirm that native bees dont sting. I do not know about their honey tho - could be something to look into.I am such a honey snob. I have been pouting...
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Hey, Bethie. I used to work for a honey place. so much hooooooney. Xab, those tiny weeny tiny bees are amazing. That must be what the other ones are. Bethie showed me some pics and the big ones are...
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LOL Bethie- I'll try and bring you some back from Straddie- it's delicious as the bees feed on all the wildflowers. There is a bee-man over there. Yes they are native bees. very cute and tiny. Think I...
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Hunter - the stuff I love comes from The Iron Pot Food Company - know it? My fav honey is Forest Red Gum. Their Heath is nice too but not as nice. Xav - didnt know about honey from Straddie. If you do...
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Hunter, you can let the heads dry out a bit then scrape out all the sunflower seeds (there are hundreds!) from the heads and dry them out and eat them or use them to grow more (They are great to take...
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I got up this morning and there were hundreds of those teeny weeny black bees! heaps of them all eating the centres of the sunflowers, which by the way have nearly all lost thier yellow leaves. Do I...
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