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Jul 20, 2012 5:07 PM CST
Name: Margaret
Delta KY
I'm A Charley's Girl For Sure
Forum moderator I helped beta test the Garden Planting Calendar Hosted a Not-A-Raffle-Raffle Charter ATP Member I was one of the first 300 contributors to the plant database! Beekeeper
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For starters only workers (she bees) forage on flowers. Drones (male bees) are larger than worker bees. Drones also have a larger head than a worker bee with bigger eyes to better spot a young queen during mating flights

So all the bees you see on your flowers are female.

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