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ALMOST BEEKEEPING - RELATED TOPICS => GARDENING AROUND THE HOUSE => Topic started by: MrILoveTheAnts on October 15, 2008, 02:03:27 am

Title: Goldenrod and Wood Aster (Pictures!)
Post by: MrILoveTheAnts on October 15, 2008, 02:03:27 am

I was so thrilled to find Lowes actually has a native plant... cart. A section would have been better but I guess a cart will do. Anyhow I picked up a Wood Aster and the bees love it. I wish I'd bought more.
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v735/mrilovetheants/Bees%202008/AsterApis.jpg)
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v735/mrilovetheants/Bees%202008/AsterBombus2.jpg)
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v735/mrilovetheants/Bees%202008/AsterBombus.jpg)
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v735/mrilovetheants/Bees%202008/WoodAsterApis.jpg)

What I'm now told is Field Goldenrod also started blooming this week. Field Goldenrod is good enough of an ID for me. I show this to experts and get back different answers all the time. Apparently Goldenrod is a big group of highly diverse plants that are hard to ID to species level.
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v735/mrilovetheants/Bees%202008/Goldenrod2.jpg)
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v735/mrilovetheants/Bees%202008/Goldenrod.jpg)(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v735/mrilovetheants/Bees%202008/GoldenrodApis10.jpg)
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v735/mrilovetheants/Bees%202008/GoldenrodApis2.jpg)
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v735/mrilovetheants/Bees%202008/GoldenrodApis1.jpg)
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v735/mrilovetheants/Bees%202008/GoldenrodApis7.jpg)
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v735/mrilovetheants/Bees%202008/GoldenrodApis3.jpg)
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v735/mrilovetheants/Bees%202008/GoldenrodApis4.jpg)
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v735/mrilovetheants/Bees%202008/GoldenrodApis5.jpg)
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v735/mrilovetheants/Bees%202008/GoldenrodApis6.jpg)
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v735/mrilovetheants/Bees%202008/GoldenrodApis8.jpg)
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v735/mrilovetheants/Bees%202008/GoldenrodApis9.jpg)
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v735/mrilovetheants/Bees%202008/GoldenrodApis.jpg)
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v735/mrilovetheants/Bees%202008/GoldenrodBees2.jpg)
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v735/mrilovetheants/Bees%202008/GoldenrodBees.jpg)
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v735/mrilovetheants/Bees%202008/GoldenrodBombus.jpg)
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v735/mrilovetheants/Bees%202008/Goldenrodbeetle.jpg)
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v735/mrilovetheants/Bees%202008/Goldenrodbombus1.jpg)
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v735/mrilovetheants/Bees%202008/GoldenrodMasonWasp1.jpg)
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v735/mrilovetheants/Bees%202008/GoldenrodMasonWasp.jpg)

Title: Re: Goldenrod and Wood Aster (Pictures!)
Post by: Cindi on October 15, 2008, 10:38:32 am

MILTA.  Again!!!  And Again and Again!!!  Your pictures are something to behold, I love to see them, and so happy that you take the time to bring these for us to enjoy, my hat off to ya!!!  Have a wonderful and most beautiful day, Cindi