Called my marigold experiment a failure until I saw the bees going crazy on them this morning

I was about to rip out the whole container because they looked scraggly and half dead after two weeks, but then I counted 7 bees hitting each flower in under 10 minutes, so I guess ugly plants still serve a purpose on this tiny balcony... anyone else keep something just for the pollinators?

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matthew7032d ago

So my ugly scraggly tomato plant I was gonna toss is the same exact thing? Bees love it but it looks like garbage. Nature really said function over fashion huh. I'm just sitting here watching them ignore my pretty flowers to go after the mutant basil. Guess beauty is in the eye of the bee holder.

harris.emma1d ago

Maybe the bees know something you don't though. Pretty flowers are like advertising, they say "look at me, I'm great" but if the nectar or pollen isn't there, that's just a lie. Your mutant basil might be pumping out the good stuff while your showy flowers are all fluff and no substance. It's like going to a restaurant with a beautiful sign and then getting a terrible meal versus a hole in the wall with amazing food. Nature is all about results, not looks. So maybe those bees are just smarter shoppers than we give them credit for.