A honeybee visits a lone daffodil

John Ralph Carpenter ralph.carpenter1@googlemail.com
Sun, 21 Feb 2016 16:10:29 PST
And me!

On Sunday, 21 February 2016, Bracey Tiede <tiede@pacbell.net> wrote:
> Works fine for me.
>
> Bracey
> San Jose CA
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: pbs [mailto:pbs-bounces@lists.ibiblio.org] On Behalf Of From HK
> Sent: Sunday, February 21, 2016 1:47 PM
> To: Pacific Bulb Society
> Subject: Re: [pbs] A honeybee visits a lone daffodil
>
> hmm, the video doesn't work?
>
> On Sun, Feb 21, 2016 at 11:34 AM, Travis O <enoster@hotmail.com> wrote:
>
>> 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
>>
>> http://www.amateuranthecologist.com/
>> http://www.pacificbulbsociety.org/
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