Mom was working in her flower bed (one of them) yesterday and I noticed all these bees flying around. At first I thought they were yellow jackets, but when I looked more closely, there were no yellow stripes & watching them, they were going into individual holes and they did not seem to be aggressive at all. I looked them up and they fit the description of cellophane bees. They are great pollinators, have individual holes, the males have no stingers and while the females can sting, they are not aggressive at all. They will be around for about a month and then disappear. They do not like moist or wet soil and they like building their nest in sandy or dry soil. The soil in mom’s flower bed fits the bill for what they like. Since they are good pollinators, we will just let them be (no pun intended) and they will disappear in a month or so and then they will be back next spring.
We are having a groundhog invasion around here. The county forced the neighbor to clean up his junky property and I’m sure there were quite a few groundhogs living under all the junk. Since the cleanup, they are coming to our place and getting under the horse barn and our pole barns. I spotted number three eating grass off the side of the horse barn last night. Number one has been dispatched and there was an attempt to terminate number two Thursday (very ‘exciting’ - the dog was involved which added to the drama), which may or may not have been successful (I think it ultimately will be). These ‘hogs are so destructive - we have no power in the horse barn because their digging went through the buried electric lines & also caused a leak in the water line so we have to keep the water turned off. No animals in the barn or we’d have to make very expensive repairs.
Grass needs mowing in the yard & around the garden (LOL - what else is new?). The T-storms missed us last night so I will have to water today - garden & new/transplanted bushes look great. Several big projects on the “to do” list .... trying to beat the heat & humidity (we had it yesterday). Beautiful morning - overcast, nice breeze & late spring mild temps. The birds are happy - singing up a storm, which is so cheerful!
Just looked out the front window and saw the same. Push mower hasn't been run in two years. Wouldn't start last year so I just weed wacked. Will have to pull the carb off/apart and clean it. Might just weed wack for this weekend.