Has anyone seen bees on fruit?

[meidel]

Was amazed to find a bee getting her fill of plum juice! Has anyone else seen anything like it?

 

[jenkinsbrynmair]

I try to discourage bees from going anywhere near my plums

 

[midnight sun]

I try to discourage bees from going anywhere near my plums

 

[Anduril]

On holiday a number of years ago I saw a carpet of bees all over half a water melon. Over to you JBM do you try to discourage them going anywhere near your melons?

 

[Little John]

Yes - it was stage-managed - yellow plums providing a much better contrast than Vics.

LJ

 

[Jimy Dee]

Meidel - what breed of honey bee have you. Colours look so different to the AMM which we have here in Ireland.

 

[meidel]

Meidel - what breed of honey bee have you. Colours look so different to the AMM which we have here in Ireland.

mongrels

 

[beeno]

Hi meidel and co,
I haven't personally, but apparently the bees are partial to raspberry juice as well. Do we have wild raspberries in the UK?

 

[Cazza]

On holiday a number of years ago I saw a carpet of bees all over half a water melon. QUOTE]

Me too, in a market in the Czech republic last year.
Cazza

 

[Little John]

And it ain't just bees (and wasps, and flies ...)

LJ

 

[oliver90owner]

-Has anyone seen bees on fruit?

Yes. They also collect honeydew? And drink from guttation fluid? nothing unusual, but seasonal and 'needs must' situations.

Bees are very practical. Survival is the name of the game. As simple as that.