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Texas (Zone 8a) Passionate about Native Plants           GrammaChar Apr 10, 2018 1:31 PM CST |
Plenty of activity on this warm afternoon; the flowers were popular.   The Little Wood-Satyr preferred the leaf litter.  I decided to take a short hike to check for caterpillars on the Antelope Horn milkweeds. No cats yet, but plenty of other guests: Oak Hairstreaks,  Gray Hairstreaks,   Juniper Hairstreak,  Bees,  and all of the above plus a beetle and a well-hidden spider.  Welcome Spring!!! GrammaChar |
Name: Rose Oquawka, IL (Zone 5a)           Rose1656 Apr 10, 2018 2:06 PM CST |
| Beautiful! I do enjoy your walks! |
Texas (Zone 8a) Passionate about Native Plants GrammaChar Apr 10, 2018 5:02 PM CST |
| Thank you @Rose1656 . I enjoy sharing them with you. GrammaChar |
Name: Meredith Atlanta (Zone 8a)    memays Apr 10, 2018 6:48 PM CST |
| Wow love these pics! Makes me want to be in Texas! I love butterfly gardening & am active in NABA. Please visit our Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/group... & website nabageorgia.weebly.com. |
Name: Mindi Hammerstone Tracy, CA (Zone 9b)    MindiHammerstone Apr 18, 2018 6:53 PM CST |
| Great pics!! All I have seen is one black bumblebee and one swallowtail so far. There's a buffet waiting for them. I have a plum tree that gets literally covered in ladybugs and eggs and larva. I will definitely show pictures!! 🐞 Mindi |
Name: Christine North East Texas (Zone 7b)         wildflowers Apr 25, 2018 11:23 AM CST |
Wonderful pictures, Char! You are warming up a little quicker in you neck of the woods than we are over here.  I always enjoy seeing your photos. May your life be like a wildflower, growing freely in the beauty and joy of each day --Native American Proverb |
Name: Carol Santa Ana, ca Sunset zone 22, USDA zone 10 A.      ctcarol Apr 25, 2018 5:03 PM CST |
For honey bees, plant anything blue! I didn't get pictures of the bees because they are not posing, but they are fighting over the borage and rhaphiolepis in my front flower bed. Picture taken last week. that borage plant in the center is about 6' across now. |
Texas (Zone 8a) Passionate about Native Plants GrammaChar Apr 25, 2018 5:10 PM CST |
Lovely garden, Carol.  GrammaChar |
Name: Carol Santa Ana, ca Sunset zone 22, USDA zone 10 A. ctcarol Apr 25, 2018 7:56 PM CST |
| Thanks! Trying to go low water this year as we've only had 1.69" of rain for the season. The poppies and borage have self seeded, but it color and the bees love them. |
Name: Mindi Hammerstone Tracy, CA (Zone 9b) MindiHammerstone Apr 25, 2018 8:11 PM CST |
| Where oh where have my honey bees gone?? Seriously. I haven't seen one. I see these mini yellowjacket looking things but I think they are eating aphids off of the plumb tree. I don't think they are into pollen. Then there are the mosquito eaters. Lots of them. Two ladybugs 🐞 laying eggs on the plumb tree and one big black bumblebee. And one yellow swallowtail. All I have seen in total!! 😀 Mindi |
Name: Carol Santa Ana, ca Sunset zone 22, USDA zone 10 A. ctcarol Apr 25, 2018 8:19 PM CST |
 I think the bees are all in my front flower bed right now. Seriously though, plant blue for bees. They love blue flowers. That's the color they see. |
Name: Mindi Hammerstone Tracy, CA (Zone 9b) MindiHammerstone Apr 25, 2018 9:45 PM CST |
I have blue pansys, lobelia, and petunias. Come on over 🐝 bees!! It's like a pollen bar!! 😀 Mindi |
Name: Deb Pacific NW (Zone 8b)       Bonehead Apr 25, 2018 10:10 PM CST |
| My cherry tree is in full bloom and it is usually humming with bees at this point. I've only seen a random few. Hope all is well in bee-world. I want to live in a world where the chicken can cross the road without its motives being questioned. |
Name: Carol Santa Ana, ca Sunset zone 22, USDA zone 10 A. ctcarol Apr 26, 2018 3:29 PM CST |
| Last year there were very few honey bees here, but it's looking better this year, in spite of them aerial spraying for phyllids in the neighborhood. |
Texas (Zone 8a) Passionate about Native Plants GrammaChar Apr 26, 2018 9:38 PM CST |
Plenty of bees here. The Mason bees have already used a few of the bamboo tubes in the bee houses and soon the Leaf Cutters will arrive. Most of the butterflies seem late to arrive this year. The cool spring must be keeping them more to the south. No worries, they'll be here soon. A pipevine swallowtail enjoying prairie verbena today:  GrammaChar |
Name: Stewart Pinehurst, Texas (Zone 8b)    PlantMania Apr 27, 2018 10:36 AM CST |
Bees are lovin my bolted onions  Closeup  Oma and Opa Living to Learn -------------------------- World Champion of Athletes Tongue -------------------------- |
Name: Stewart Pinehurst, Texas (Zone 8b) PlantMania Apr 27, 2018 1:53 PM CST |
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