Every morning during daylily season, it has been a race to get to the daylilies and get their pollen before the marauding carpenter bees swoop in and steal it. Here is how I finally foiled them.
Polymerous,
That is a wonderful idea!
I have the same problem in my garden, I`m not a early riser either and by the time I get out to pollinate the bee`s have already taken a lot of the pollen.
Will try this.
Name: Marilyn, aka "Poly" South San Francisco Bay Area (Zone 9b) "The mountains are calling..."
You're welcome.
I have had a stash of organza bags here literally for years, and I have been frustrated by pollen-stealing bees for those same years, but I never thought to use the organza bags until this year, when I desperately needed to protect some pollen! Doh!
Evaluating an iris seedling, hopefully for rebloom
I do have some little bags that I put bracelets in that I make, those would work good too for those pollen stealers, I know when
I would get out there to make the crosses I would try to fan the bees away.....probably not the best idea! LOL
