Sons of Bee's

ColinJEly · Post by **ColinJEly** » Tue Sep 08, 2009 5:24 pm

I was working in my garden today and noticed that although there were many plants in flower, I didn't see any bees flying around. Is it just because the weather is still cold and wet or are there other reasons? Has anybody else noticed this phenomenon?

duane · Post by **duane** » Tue Sep 08, 2009 8:58 pm

Any bee worth its honey would have left Victoria long ago for the warmer climes of NSW.

I saw hundreds of bees today near the beach feeding on the spring blossom of the coastal tea tree.

Most of them were wearing VIC numberplates.

ColinJEly · Post by **ColinJEly** » Tue Sep 08, 2009 9:47 pm

OK, will look forward to my garden being pollinated when the weather gets a bit warmer, especially as some of the shrubs in flower now have a nice perfume, hope it lasts till then?

Shirley Henderson · Post by **Shirley Henderson** » Wed Sep 09, 2009 8:01 am

Some herbicides are toxic to bees. It is stated on the label not to spray when bees are pollinating flowers. This may not be the reason for your absence of bees but it is still worth noting.
Shirley

sceptic · Post by **sceptic** » Wed Sep 09, 2009 2:07 pm

Take a closer look, if you see very small fly like insects they're more than likely native bees, far more more important for pollination of commercial crops than most people realise.