08-15-2018, 04:03 PM
Gosh that sucks that our native bees are in decline. I love those little buggers and what they can do/make...
along with praying mantis, ladybug, spiders, dragonflies. Even the dragonfly nymph. It is such a cool creature. But I digress, back to bees...
How do I know what type of wild bees I have? I don't think I'll be getting up that tree and looking close up.
So just in case they are an endangered native type of wild, I'll just leave them there to do their job in my orchard which I have been so grateful for. I'll get my honey elsewhere.
Or they could be an invasive type? In which case I'll be leaving them because I was thinking/hoping for them to be native but it won't matter to the plants and trees the invasive type will do the exact same job anyway.
along with praying mantis, ladybug, spiders, dragonflies. Even the dragonfly nymph. It is such a cool creature. But I digress, back to bees...
How do I know what type of wild bees I have? I don't think I'll be getting up that tree and looking close up.
So just in case they are an endangered native type of wild, I'll just leave them there to do their job in my orchard which I have been so grateful for. I'll get my honey elsewhere.
Or they could be an invasive type? In which case I'll be leaving them because I was thinking/hoping for them to be native but it won't matter to the plants and trees the invasive type will do the exact same job anyway.