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> When I was a kid, it was pretty normal to get stung by a bee when out playing/picking dandelions/making clover chains, and just a walk around one's neighborho
by com2kid 3y ago
> When I was a kid, it was pretty normal to get stung by a bee when out playing/picking dandelions/making clover chains, and just a walk around one's neighborhood would have more bees covering various flowers than one could easily count.
I bought an online pollinator friendly garden kit. $150 later (and a few dead plants that didn't make it through shipping) I now have an absurd number of bumble bees around.
Bumble bees are incredibly gentle, you can walk through entire fields of them and they will just ignore you. I was actually pretty worried about planting a pollinator garden while having a toddler around, but it has gone surprisingly well (meaning he hasn't gotten stung).
- jszymborski 3y agoSimilarly, our garden, which is in an urban area, is always full of bumble bees. They especially love the oregano.
- WillAdams 3y agoWhen we moved to our current home two decades ago, there were a lot of honey bees (apparently visitors from the local apple orchard) and only a few bumble bees --- since then the apple orchard has been replaced by McMansions and it's quite rare to see a honey bee, but there are still a few bumble bees.