Minor amusement

[jhetley]

Couple of places on my afternoon walk route still have "No Mow May" signs posted, sticking out of the snow . . .

Comments

[frith]

That's the problem with No Mow May. It segues into Not Yet June and Too Thick For A Push Mower July, Ah Forget It August and Maybe Next Year September. Then you find out that bees don't even touch dandelions. Try planting an apple orchard instead.

[jhetley]

Our bees do like dandelions. I don't think they are the imported honeybees. Bumblebees and solitary native bees.

[frith]

I didn't see any bee activity until the lilac and the apple tree blooms. My insect count was better when my field of daisies bloomed in late June. The insecticides spread each year on soybean field across the street doesn't help.

[jhetley]

Our flowering crab-apple in the back gets a lot of attention, large older tree. Late season, we have a mass of asters.