MAY 1, CDP THEME DAY: LET'S EAT!

A Bee's Feast

Bees, particularly honey bees, have been around for millions of years 

and are responsible for pollinating over a third of our food supply and 90% of wild plants. 

The dandelion, the bane of a lawn perfectionist, is one of the first available food sources in spring 

as bees and other pollinators emerge from hibernation. 

Each flower, in fact, consists of up to 100 florets, each one packed with nectar and pollen.

So remember, the dandelion you save, may feed the bees who may be pollinating part of your next meal.

Fortunately for the bees, I am not a lawn perfectionist, 

so the bees have a large swath of dandelions to feast upon in the early spring. 

And even when I do get around to mowing, the dandelions have been conditioned 

to lie low and avoid the mower.

Bees like honeysuckle, too, but apparently, the throats of many honeysuckle flowers 

are too deep for the honey bee to gather the nectar; 

however, I must have a smaller flowering variety that the bees like 

because they were out yesterday in abundance.

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