Garden Pic Wednesday: Honey Bee Oasis
It's been very dry here for about two weeks. The weather just suddenly switched from humid summer to dry fall. I've been watering the garden, garden containers & flower beds daily. The weather change has been a boon to the melons in the garden--the Amy vines have entered a fresh cycle growth and bloom and the watermelon abruptly started setting fruit. As I was watering this afternoon, I came across an unexpected thing: I've been rooting 3 small branches of Lantana in tiny pots that I keep in a plastic tray I can add water to. This tray is in a herb bed opposite my front door. Yesterday, I noticed two honey bees and a potter's wasp in the tiny pots of Lantana---since I sort of washed them overboard with my hose spray. Today, as I approached the tray, I noticed about a half-dozen honey bees coming and going from those tiny pots of Lantana. The plants have no flowers. On closer observation, I observed the Honey Bees were there to get a drink. They either ...