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Julia
True Blue Farmgirl
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Julia
Shelton
WA
USA
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 Posted - Sep 11 2009 : 9:42:20 PM
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I was out watering my garden today and was watching the bees that were very busy on my Autumn Joy. As I was looking, I noticed that none of them had pollen on their legs, yet they were really going to town. Do bees go to plants just for nourishment, and not for pollen gathering?
For tomorrow and its needs I do not pray, but keep me, guide me, love me, Lord just for today.
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Woodswoman
True Blue Farmgirl
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Jennifer
Altamont
NY
USA
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Posted - Sep 16 2009 : 6:37:24 PM
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Sometimes they will seem to concentrate more on gathering nectar, sometimes more on pollen. It depends on how much of each they have stored, how much brood they are raising, etc.
Jennifer
Farmgirl Sister #104
"Nature brings to every time and season some beauties of its own".
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Julia
True Blue Farmgirl
1949 Posts
Julia
Shelton
WA
USA
1949 Posts |
Posted - Sep 16 2009 : 10:27:59 PM
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Thanks Jennifer. I was able to ask a guy at the farmers market that told me the same thing. I guess I just thought they always gathered pollen. It is amazing just to watch them.
For tomorrow and its needs I do not pray, but keep me, guide me, love me, Lord just for today.
St. Augustine
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