A honeybee visits a lone daffodil

Travis O enoster@hotmail.com
Sun, 21 Feb 2016 08:34:01 PST
Hi ya'll,

In my mixed-coniferous SW OR zone 7 garden, Spring is behind the nearby cities of Rogue River, Grants Pass, and Medford, by a couple weeks. Honeybees have been active since late January, and there have recently been a few bulbs to bloom.

A single daffodil, an unnamed bulb from a "naturalizing mix" (most of which died, btw) is in bloom, and has attracted a few honeybees. This is odd, honeybees have not shown the slightest interest in daffodils here that I know of. The bee spent five minutes trying to get at the nectar from outside the corona, quite entertaining, before finally finding it's way in, only to forget how to get in again and giving up.

I made a video, see it here:

http://youtu.be/e5dv5nBw-IQ/

Cheers,

Travis Owen
Rogue River, OR

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