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Post by revmichael on Jul 25, 2007 13:48:05 GMT
I dug up my Echinops retro a couple of years ago, but it has re-appeared and this year it has a huge number of heads on it. Here are just a handful of them. It attracts a large number of bees but I only managed to catch this one in a photo (in the lower centre of the picture).  Do others find that this plant attracts bees in their area? |
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Post by territalks on Jul 25, 2007 18:53:54 GMT
 Hi Rev They look beautiful. Love TT xxxx
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Post by lindasahandir on Jul 25, 2007 18:56:52 GMT
Lovely, Michael, but I can see three bees! White-tailed bumble bees, I think!
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Post by Lyn N Trousers on Jul 25, 2007 19:12:02 GMT
Ok - how many people went back up to the photo to try and spot the 3 bees............... or was it just me?
I found them!
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Post by sarah on Jul 25, 2007 19:53:26 GMT
lol - holds my hand up!
that was fun.
x
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Post by shemlock on Jul 25, 2007 20:40:12 GMT
Guilty - glad I wasn't the only one. Good game, as well as photo.
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Post by lindasahandir on Jul 25, 2007 21:35:31 GMT
*lol* I didn't mean to turn it into a game, but I'm glad you enjoyed it! The other two bees were very obvious to me - I must be more observant than I realised!
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Post by revmichael on Jul 26, 2007 6:52:34 GMT
Ok - how many people went back up to the photo to try and spot the 3 bees............... or was it just me? I found them! I did too. I knew there were lots around when I took the picture but I only noticed one when I posted it. I've found them all now. I have a much better picture of the echinops but not with bees. They flew away as I took the picture. - although this one has one bee in it - unless anyone can find more:  |
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Post by Sharon Sharealike on Jul 26, 2007 7:22:34 GMT
I can see 2 bees! In this one and had to study to see the 3 in the first pic! I will bee looking for beez all morning now!  |
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Post by Shuggie on Jul 26, 2007 12:50:47 GMT
If you want to attract bees (particularly the honey variety) to your garden, try Cotoneaster Horizontalis - the flowers may be insignificant to us, but the bees love them.
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Post by ivy noidea on Jul 26, 2007 12:56:16 GMT
If you want to attract bees (particularly the honey variety) to your garden, try Cotoneaster Horizontalis - the flowers may be insignificant to us, but the bees love them. Indeed they do! Mine are always alive with bees. |
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Post by ivy noidea on Jul 26, 2007 12:58:26 GMT
If you want to attract bees (particularly the honey variety) to your garden, try Cotoneaster Horizontalis - the flowers may be insignificant to us, but the bees love them. Indeed they do! Mine are always alive with bees. Talking about cotoneaster, my Mum likes having holly in the house at Christmas (for some reason she never has Ivy!) but until recently, all the hollies in their garden were the sort that didn't produce berries. She used to get around this problem by whipping berries off the cotoneaster (as there was an abundance thereof) and sticking them on to the holly branches! |
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Post by smiffy on Jul 27, 2007 9:24:53 GMT
Indeed they do! Mine are always alive with bees. Talking about cotoneaster, my Mum likes having holly in the house at Christmas (for some reason she never has Ivy!) but until recently, all the hollies in their garden were the sort that didn't produce berries. She used to get around this problem by whipping berries off the cotoneaster (as there was an abundance thereof) and sticking them on to the holly branches! My Aunty always has fresh holly on her mantle at Christmas, she puts cotoneaster amongst it for the berries. No one noticed for years that it wasn't holly berries till I looked and said that my holly berries were redder! She winked at me and whispered that my berries would be a different colour if they were holly ones, hers weren't! |
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Post by carlott on Jul 30, 2007 7:26:34 GMT
Indeed they do! Mine are always alive with bees. Talking about cotoneaster, my Mum likes having holly in the house at Christmas (for some reason she never has Ivy!) but until recently, all the hollies in their garden were the sort that didn't produce berries. She used to get around this problem by whipping berries off the cotoneaster (as there was an abundance thereof) and sticking them on to the holly branches! My Mom (note correct spelling) always said Ivy in the house was unlucky. It is only of recent years that I have discovered why  |
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