Hi, Travis I live in Hamilton, Ontario in Canada. In Febuary or March, the crocuses will come out, depending on the weather. We sometimes have days that are in the high teens Celsius and very occasionally, around 20 or 21 Celsius (roughly 60 to 72 F). On these days, my crocuses will be covered in solitary pollen bees that live in my garden (I don't till the garden so as not to disturb them). Sometimes, every blossom will have a bee in it. This does not happen every year - only when we have a few days of uncharacteristically warm weather. In those years, my crocuses will grow seed. I let the seed sow itself and it has produced new crocuses from seed without me having to do anything! To put this in perspective: the crocuses come out sooner in my garden than the galanthuses in my neighbor's garden. Unfortunately, I haven't noticed if the neighbor's galanthuses get pollinated by bees. Is this info. helpful? Barbara McMullen -----Original Message----- From: T O Sent: Friday, January 09, 2015 10:06 AM To: pbs@lists.ibiblio.org Subject: Re: [pbs] Galanthus and bees Thank you all for your insightful responses. This information is highly useful to me. I will be asking about different species as the year progresses as I am studying plant pollinator interactions. Thank you! -Travis Owen Rogue River, OR _______________________________________________ pbs mailing list pbs@lists.ibiblio.org http://pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/