The bees are in abundance here since they are here from the neighbours hive that is a few miles up the road. I was told by a bee keeper that have radar when it comes to the tulip tree. Last year on all the flowers only had 2 seed pods that fell off the tree with no viable seed in them.........so they were heavy pollinated....
This year the seeds are being collected and grown by the ministry of natural resources here in Ontario and the conservation society to see if the mother tree can produce seedlings that can survive in my zone when it normally only survives in 2 zones higher then here.... In order to this the tree has to be a proven tree and being 100 or so years old and lived through all the elements here makes it that way so lets hope this all works out.....
but on the other hand all the bees are also visiting all the lilies here..........and have this year for some odd reason instead of returning to the other hive have also started another hive in another tree on my property........ likely since all the lilies are starting to bloom at the same time that the other annuals are as well as the tulip tree........and other flowering bushes..........all blooming at the same time does not normally happen........the bees have a great smorg and decided to stay around I guess..... Will pull off all the spent flowers on the lilies so I do not have tons of lily seeds........ I had quite a few last year....as well.
nature amazes me .............
