Butterfly and Wildlife Gardening And Photography In Houston Texas
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Category Archives: Bumble Bee This is entirely Leecy’s creation. She got the seeds from somewhere (she won’t tell me where) and planted them around 6 weeks ago. I’ll confess, I don’t know anything about this plant, but whatever it takes, it seems to like where it’s at. Leecy said she has about 15 of these “Loofah” things like the…  I really like the color of this plant. It’s called a Salvia Leucantha. Supposedly it produces lots of nectar and the Butterflies, Bees, and Hummingbirds all seem to like it. The picture below is of a Bumblebee. I thought this was a Bumble Bee but it was kinda dark for a Bumble Bee to be hanging around. Then I looked at his eyes. He’s transforming, dying, or something, but whatever it is, he’s looking rather strange. Anyone know what is going on with this insect? Why the big green eyes and not… I don’t see many Honeybees lately, but we do have quite a few of these Bumble Bees for some reason. One plant they apparently love is the Cigar Bush (Cuphea ignea), along with Hummingbirds and Swallowtails. If you don’t have this plant, it would sure be a good one to get just for the amount… BS is short for Bee Sting of which I was fortunate enough not to receive any today. For about the past week, we’ve seen a quite a few Bumble Bees roaming about getting nectar. One is just the regular ol Bumble Bee, and the other is some type of Black Bee. Regular Bumble Bee covered… |
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