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Just buzzing around


I love seeing these guys busily buzzing around the flowers at work - we need to encourage them in our gardens. I caught this guy feeding off some yellow Grevillea plants at my work. They convert flower nectary into honey and raw honey is a stable that we have in our pantry, mostly because it's a natural anti-septic - it's great mixed in with warm water and some lemon juice.

Other things I like to do during the day is to have a parsley or mint drink. I cut a short sprig or leaf and add it to semi-boiled water, it's very refreshing.  Other than that I have some daisies, a newly potted up rose plant and various native plants in my garden. What plants have you got in yours for the bees?

Comments

Tom said…
...pollinators sure are important!
11 July 2020 at 22:49
jennyfreckles said…
Lots to be thankful to the bees for, not least delicious honey.
12 July 2020 at 07:32
Bill said…
All our plants are indoors, we have no garden. :( I do like mint tea so we grow mint in our kitchen window and just the other day, we picked up a parsley plant.
12 July 2020 at 08:49
At Home In New Zealand said…
There is not much around for the bees at the moment, but they are still visiting the odd flower on the geraniums.
12 July 2020 at 09:09
NatureFootstep said…
I am happy as long as there are critters buzzing around, as it shall be. :) You don´t have to love all of them, but they shall be around.
12 July 2020 at 10:35
carol l mck said…
One of nature's gems captured so well ~ Xox

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