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I disagree, I have cat mint at my house and my cat would sleeps under the shade of the plant while at least a hundred bumble bees collect nector and pollen from
by foxhop 6y ago
I disagree, I have cat mint at my house and my cat would sleeps under the shade of the plant while at least a hundred bumble bees collect nector and pollen from the bright purple flowers. My cat eats insects like grasshoppers and moths but was not scared of the bees, or tried to catch any, and many landed on her. Sometimes nature is stranger than reality, cat mint has similar to properties to catnip.
The cats appear to understand the bumblebees, the bumblebees do not pay much attention to people or cats. The mint has direct relationships with both animals and insects. Unless of course if you start rooting around in their underground nests, at which point the will fly toward your head like a mimi drone and force you to stop with their persistent dive bombs. I've never been stung but they get aggressive when protecting brood.
This was at least a 3 way simbiotic relationship.
My cat passed away November 2019, mice live under the cat mint plant now.
I have kittens planned in preparation fo next year's gardening season.
Video is related (shut off audio, it's poor quality):
https://youtu.be/cLm7nBy7M9g https://youtu.be/cLm7nBy7M9g
I can't explain the relationships but yet they still persist and can be witnessed in real time.