tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27329001.post8542480170136782315..comments2024-03-26T12:17:40.771-04:00Comments on Linda's Bees: Mystery grape vine and my beesUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27329001.post-89988334387648514572011-08-07T11:53:41.509-04:002011-08-07T11:53:41.509-04:00Science 101 ALL plants produce some kind of flower...Science 101 ALL plants produce some kind of flower, that's how they reproduce.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27329001.post-60716438406547015692011-08-05T16:03:33.722-04:002011-08-05T16:03:33.722-04:00We have that in Augusta also. Same result, never s...We have that in Augusta also. Same result, never seen so many different types of bees and wasps working it.Jasonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27329001.post-19636730072893106562011-08-04T20:46:48.407-04:002011-08-04T20:46:48.407-04:00My Atlanta beekeeping buddy, Maxine, asked her son...My Atlanta beekeeping buddy, Maxine, asked her son about this vine. He works at Trees Atlanta. He said it is Porcelain Berry - an invasive plant. The wikipedia link is here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ampelopsis_brevipedunculata That's exactly what it is. Mystery solved! Thanks, Maxine and BlakeLinda Thttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08089537760868691562noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27329001.post-79096096947993735732011-08-04T20:39:03.144-04:002011-08-04T20:39:03.144-04:00That's pretty neat. I've noticed the squas...That's pretty neat. I've noticed the squash plants and the raspberries get the most bee visits. Those plants are constantly buzzing.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27329001.post-29176165924482795502011-08-04T15:56:22.412-04:002011-08-04T15:56:22.412-04:00I have had a bumper year on my grapes and I notice...I have had a bumper year on my grapes and I noticed the same phenomenon on mine as well. Bees all over it in the early season! I have never known grapes to have a flower, but as I looked really close, I swear to you, they do have a tiny little flower before the grape itself forms. I've told a few people that, and the consensus is that I'm crazy, but I had soooo many of them on my vine this year, that I could actually smell them! A very sweet, almost lilac, kind of smell.<br /><br />I've also observed my bees gathering honeydew from aphids this year, for the first time. Take your magnifying glass back to the grapes and check those smallest of dots where the grapes form and see if they are tiny flowers, and if not, maybe if there are aphids or water droplets there?Chuckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08726759579239464095noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27329001.post-79130399275929136432011-08-04T12:45:39.512-04:002011-08-04T12:45:39.512-04:00I've never seen grapes quite like these. I wo...I've never seen grapes quite like these. I would have guess too that they were going after the sweet liquid inside the grapes.Kathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07435370349554811512noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27329001.post-53441472095336653052011-08-04T09:03:50.497-04:002011-08-04T09:03:50.497-04:00The topic came up on Beesource a while back, about...The topic came up on Beesource a while back, about bees appearing to drink the liquid from the grapes. The consensus was that the bees were getting moisture from the plant, not pollen (at least that's what I remember from the discussion).<br /><br />Too bad it's ornamental!<br /><br />-- StevenSteven Chttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13417662224567167466noreply@blogger.com