Growing a Greener World Episode 502 - Solitary Bees

[@jessemallory741]

also fascinated by bees. I grow scarlet runner green beans and the red flowers are loved by bees. I have all black bees that have been showing up for about 3-years now and the really fascinating thing is that the bean blossoms are perfect for those black bees. Nature created a blossom that allows those black bees to land, pollinate and collect pollen, and then move on. I am pretty sure they are a variety of mason bee because I can't find any specific information about them but my garden is truly an ecosystem and that is the thing I love about it--nature really is a wondrous thing and I wish I could convince my wife not too have so much grass in our front yard!!

[@ggwtv]

It's amazing how nature perfectly matches pollinators to specific plants. Good luck on reducing your lawn also. I hope you are successful in that. We can do so much more with that space to benefit wildlife. Thanks for your comment. It’s a great reminder indeed to grow scarlet runner beans again. 👍

[@bowtielife]

This is easily my favorite episode of yours! In fact, I have linked to the first release from about 4 years go in my content a few times and even sent it to friends. I am so excited to have seen this again this morning. I follow Crown Bees because of this episode and this reminded me I wanted to make a few boxes of my own for this year. It is now on my list! I have saved plain paper from shipping boxes with no chemicals to make my own tubes for years now. It is about time I start using it up!😃 By the way, the link to the show notes in the description leads to a Error 404 page, fortunately it was easy to search, though... just an FYI for the maintenance department. 😉

[@ggwtv]

Thank you. I’m glad you found this again. And you’re right about getting the shownotes synced up. This transition still has work to do. 👍

[@bowtielife]

@@ggwtv I spent 25 years in web development. It is always a work in progress. I just hope I helped. Y’all are doing awesome!😎