What does your pond look like ... Today?

[Troutredds]

@Troutredds boy you get lots of honey bees where you are! I hardly ever see any here on our property. I see other types of bees but just not many honey bees.

We must have a hive or two nearby in the woods. I'll bet @addy1 has a lot of honey bees from her hives using her ponds to stay cool.

 

[addy1]

We must have a hive or two nearby in the woods. I'll bet @addy1 has a lot of honey bees from her hives using her ponds to stay cool.

We have a steady stream of bees from the small ponds (slow flow full of algae) back to the hives. Hundreds of bees drinking at all times. They never bother me.

 

[Lisak1]

Probably ten days ago, my husband and I were commenting that we weren't seeing any bees. The last three days - bees everywhere! They are thick as thieves on the allium and the coneflowers. They don't bother anyone - you can brush right by them and they just keep their nose to the grindstone! The yard is just buzzing with them now - it's a happy sight!

 

[addy1]

You have a hive within 3 miles, wild or with a beekeep! Yeah! They love the cone flowers and allium. Right now we have almost zero nectar around, so we are feeding ours. They ignore you when they are going after nectar.

 

[JBtheExplorer]

Can't believe we're into August now. Why does the time always go so fast during the warm season?

 

[Lisak1]

@JBtheExplorer - I always love the "frog's eye view" pictures!

Do you know what kind of lily the yellow one is?

 

[JBtheExplorer]

@JBtheExplorer - I always love the "frog's eye view" pictures!

Do you know what kind of lily the yellow one is?

Georgia Peach

 

[Lisak1]

Georgia Peach

So pretty! My lilies are really letting me down this year - the only thing blooming is the Colorado.

 

[JBtheExplorer]

So pretty! My lilies are really letting me down this year - the only thing blooming is the Colorado.

I'm not getting many blooms either. This was the first time all year that I had more than one at a time.

 

[addy1]

Finally spent a few moments looking at the pond. Poor thing has been ignored this year.

Lilies don't care. Not one drop of fertilizer to any of them, they are all blooming great.

The crepe myrtle are still putting on a show.

The hibiscus is also putting on a great show.

 

[sissy]

flowers are suffering from the heat and so are veggies .

 

[Nanner]

Few random shots of the pond.

 

[haver79]

Me too a couple I took today.

 

[haver79]

@addy1 love that Hibiscus. Is that an annual?

 

[j.w]

Getting more blooms from the bare rooted lilies. Taken yesterday.