Bulbs for Bees

Here are the crocus in my garden, and if you look closely you can see four bees.  The bees were all over the crocus in my yard.  It can be an important source of pollen at this time of year, and they need pollen to start raising their young.

There are many crocus in bloom on the bank near the Beaumont House.  That is where the bulbs in my garden came from.  So a group of us met today for the arduous task of digging up some of these bulbs.

We managed to dig up a basket full and more.

These bulbs we then planted on the Loop Trail, near the bee hives.  Now the bees won't have to travel as far to get spring pollen for their babies.  And some of the crocus bulbs from the Beaumont House are saved from the bulldozer when they start to work up there.  If you want some free bulbs and have the energy to dig, there are plenty left.

Here is a bee with pollen heading back into the hive!