Very nice. I find the marigolds attract lots of pollinators. I love stinky margolds too!

I just adore the smell of marigolds.

Me too!

Seriously! Maybe I have a different kind than you guys

Toni said:Seriously! Maybe I have a different kind than you guys

No, you just don't happen to like the smell of them. It's okay not to like the scent.
I happen to love the scent of garlic chives in the garden & purposely brush against them while walking in order to make the scent waft around more. There are people who won't plant them b/c they hate the smell. It's their right.

Yes, Toni it's the same kind. I have some Tagetes erecta that look just like yours and they are the strongest smelling Tagetes I've grown (and my favorite). I also grow some pretty stinky T. patula (French marigold). Some of the hybrid Tagetes have the smell bred out of them. I prefer the smelly ones - just like all of the pollinators.

Marigolds and tomatoes. Two of my favourite things to brush against!!!

Ohhhhhhhhhhh yesssssssssssssssss, tomatoes. I adore the smell of tomato stems. All pungent & sharp.

Honey Bees... aa float in the Netherlands ... made of dahlias..

That is so neat, Gordon.

Really cool. Thanks for sharing that Gordon.

I am seeing the local ladies getting into my Hummie feeders. Take a look at how she has her head completely into the "Bee Guard" in the second photo. There's no stopping a woman from getting what she wants, especially if it's to feed her family!!! there were probably 25-30 bees working to get into the two feeders I had here. I was worried that one of them would get hurt in the process so I emptied the Hummer food into a large pan with a handfull of rocks inside to keep anyone from drowning. Within about 10 minutes the pan was full of bees. The whole thing was cleaned out in under two hours...Nothing wasted! Since the Humming Birds have not been around in a while, I cleaned out and stored their feeders to prevent a recurrence.

Great pictures Jerry and a great idea to dump the hummer food into a more accessible and safe container.
We are still having fairly warm weather during the daytime so our bees are still out working whatever may be blooming.
Wish I was as good at taking pictures as the rest of you when it comes to these little busy bees

Awesome story and photos Jerry!

Caught this bee collecting pumpkin pollen a couple of weeks ago

Action photo!

Great photo

In flight photos are hard to get right. You did a great job Cory!

To day, bee by de facto.