After a two season hiatus (I guess everything I read about the mass death of bees recently was true), I walked by these bushes by the front yard and heard the familiar sounds of...BEEES!




I'm not a photographer by any sense of the word, and my lens isn't great for up-close shots, but I captured some pics of the little buggers in action...

__________________
2009 ML350 (106K) - Family vehicle
2001 CLK430 Cabriolet (80K) - Wife's car
2005 BMW 645CI (138K) - My daily driver
2016 Mustang (32K) - Daughter's car

Perhaps they were just on sabbatical . . .

__________________
" We have nothing to fear but the main stream media itself . . . ."- Adapted from Franklin D Roosevelt for the 21st century

OBK #55

1998 Lincoln Continental - Sold
Max 1984 300TD 285,000 miles - Sold
The Dee8gonator 1987 560SEC 196,000 miles - Sold
Orgasmatron - 2006 CLS500 90,000 miles
2002 C320 Wagon 122,000 miles
2016 AMG GTS 12,000 miles

I've been noticing honey bees in the mix of bumble bees, flies, moths and the occasional hummingbird that frequent the Rose of Sharon we have around the house. They've been largely absent for the past few years.

__________________
1984 300TD

We had 6 hives this year but we lost one because of moths that we discovered too late. I'm still not sure why all the colonies out west had so many problems (Disease?)

__________________
1982 300GD Carmine Red (DB3535) Cabriolet Parting Out
1990 300SEL Smoke Silver (Parting out)
1991 350SDL Blackberry Metallic (481)

"The thing is Bob, its not that I'm lazy...its that I just don't care."

What do moths do to the bees?

__________________
-Evan


Benz Fleet:
1968 UNIMOG 404.114
1998 E300
2008 E63


Non-Benz Fleet:
1992 Aerostar
1993 MR2
2000 F250

You ever seen "Mothra"?

They sneak into the hive and lay eggs eventually weakening the entire colony.

__________________
1982 300GD Carmine Red (DB3535) Cabriolet Parting Out
1990 300SEL Smoke Silver (Parting out)
1991 350SDL Blackberry Metallic (481)

"The thing is Bob, its not that I'm lazy...its that I just don't care."