A sunny day for a change. Temperature above 50℉, the temperature at which the honey bees will begin foraging here. Crocus opened!. Never seen so many honey bees on the crocus at one time. The combined hum was impressive. I guess they're hungry after a winter in the hive. Galanthus is their second choice. So I have hybrids of both genera, respectively, scattered about. They don't seem to be particularly attracted to the cyclamen. Some years recently, scarcely a bee to be seen. Glad to see my friends out and about. Late summer, they go mad over Sedum "Autumn Joy", along with any number of other bees, and a particular, unnamed moth. Mike Washington state On Sun, Feb 7, 2016 at 11:56 AM, Travis O <enoster@hotmail.com> wrote: > The crocuses have been able to open for at least a few hours most days > now, and honeybees have taken advantage of the opportunity to gather > additional resources. Mostly at my work, where last Autumn I planted <700 > corms courtesy of the plant (by which I mean my work, a factory). At home, > if they haven't been eaten or trampled, I expect bees are into those too. > > > http://amateuranthecologist.com/2016/02/… > > So it's Spring, screw it. > > Travis Owen > Rogue River, OR > > http://www.amateuranthecologist.com/ > http://www.pacificbulbsociety.org/ > > _______________________________________________ > pbs mailing list > pbs@lists.ibiblio.org > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/ > _______________________________________________ pbs mailing list pbs@lists.ibiblio.org http://pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/