Tiny bee on tiny blooms................... / myLot

This is what the blooms looked like before they opened on Oct 10

By rebelann1949

El Paso, Texas

October 13, 2023 10:17am CST

I'm tickled pink that finally the bees have shown up. They're very tiny but in the afternoons they're swarming around this bush of mine. In the photo you can see what those blooms looked like before they opened so you can imagine just how tiny those little bees are.

Tiny bee feasting Oct 11

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All summer I prayed I'd see some bees around here but it must have been too hot and dry or else they don't like wasps. Anyway, the blooms on this plant are s...

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much2say

@much2say (55601)

• Los Angeles, California

14 Oct 23

Bees

! In the video they actually look big! But if those are the size of the blooms, they must be really tiny. We need them . . . I hope they thrive!

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much2say

@much2say (55601)

• Los Angeles, California

14 Oct 23

@rebelann Are those baby bees or are they a tiny species? I think it was a year or so ago we had tiny bees too - I haven't seen them lately. I do see bigger ones now, but we have a couple plants that we didn't have last year. I don't know how pumpkin growing works, but the sunflowers here have attracted lots of bees - that'd be good. Do they flock to the hollyhocks?

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rebelann1949

@rebelann (112870)

• El Paso, Texas

14 Oct 23

This past year I only saw about 2 large bees and it's just now that I've seen these teeny ones. I think they are just a different type of bee, I've seen them before when I didn't have wasps.

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rebelann1949

@rebelann (112870)

• El Paso, Texas

14 Oct 23

I love those little bees. I was able to get up really close and they didn't mind. I miss those bigger bees I used to get. Maybe if I plant sunflowers and pumpkin they'll come back.

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Anna

@LadyDuck (471497)

• Switzerland

13 Oct 23

Those bees are really tiny bees. I like to see them here around.

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rebelann1949

@rebelann (112870)

• El Paso, Texas

13 Oct 23

I like them too but I miss those bigger ones, this year I have only seen 2 of the larger bees so far

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Anna

@LadyDuck (471497)

• Switzerland

14 Oct 23

@rebelann We have some large bumblebees, they are friendly insects, I let them in the garden and they never bother me.

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rebelann1949

@rebelann (112870)

• El Paso, Texas

14 Oct 23

Years ago I would get those big bumble bees also, I miss them.

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allen0187

@allen0187 (58582)

• Philippines

13 Oct 23

I bet those bees are working overtime.

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rebelann1949

@rebelann (112870)

• El Paso, Texas

13 Oct 23

I agree. They have been swarming this plant for the past 3 days.

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allen0187

@allen0187 (58582)

• Philippines

13 Oct 23

@rebelann

OceanTiara

@RebeccasFarm (89882)

• Arvada, Colorado

14 Oct 23

Aw the little buggers.

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rebelann1949

@rebelann (112870)

• El Paso, Texas

14 Oct 23

It made me so happy to see them.

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OceanTiara

@RebeccasFarm (89882)

• Arvada, Colorado

15 Oct 23

@rebelann

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Marie

@Tampa_girl7 (50249)

• United States

19 Oct 23

I’m glad that you’re happy about the bees.

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rebelann1949

@rebelann (112870)

• El Paso, Texas

19 Oct 23

Thank you. I've read so much about how bees are now endangered due to people using insecticides and herbicides so to me it's a relief to see them here.