[Qiviut]

My early morning trip to the garden - two squash blooms & there were bees .... I ran back & got the camera - this time I didn't miss getting them on the blooms!

One bee, heading for the 'interior'. They really go deep into the bloom - this certainly makes sure they end up with lots of pollen on them.

Double bees - one in each blossom!

Plenty of potential Trombettas on the vine - if they all turn into large squash, I'll be knee deep in them. The largest (which is out of the picture to the right) is probably getting close to 18" and growing noticeably every day so some Trombetta bread/noodles should be in my near future.

[sockmonkey]

My early morning trip to the garden - two squash blooms & there were bees

I just love those big showy blossoms, and your cute little bees. I read there is some kind of bee who goes to sleep in the blossoms at night, supposedly hoping a female bee shows up.

BTW, when I was up on my ladder at 1:00 am, there were some blossoms open on my cucuzza, and they were much showier than the daytime/male blossoms. They looked almost like a big dogwood blossom or something.

[sockmonkey]

Plenty of potential Trombettas on the vine - if they all turn into large squash, I'll be knee deep in them. The largest (which is out of the picture to the right) is probably getting close to 18" and growing noticeably every day so some Trombetta bread/noodles should be in my near future.

Forgot to ask...Did you pick your 18" Trombetta yet? If not, I figure it's grown another ten inches, and will be looking like Fred Flintstone's club.