Yesterday I sat for a good while on my balcony, watching this busy bee making the most of the pelargoniums next to me.
What do you call a bee that can't make up its mind? A maybee.
What do you call a bee that misses its target? A fumble bee.
How do bees communicate with each other? They use bee-mail.
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PS. "Pelargonium is a genus of flowering plants that includes about 280 species of perennials, succulents, and shrubs, commonly called geraniums, pelargoniums, or storksbills. Geranium is also the botanical name and common name of a separate genus of related plants, also known as cranesbills. Both genera belong to the family Geraniaceae, and Carl Linnaeus originally included all the species in one genus, Geranium; they were later separated into two genera by Charles Louis L'Héritier de Brutelle in 1789." (Wikipedia)
I am with Ginny, I don't remember these plants, and the bee seems very happy with them. I myself have turned into a stumble bee... ha ha
ReplyDeleteYou are a bee interpreter apparently. For me the leaves remind me of geraniums...but I also haven't heard that name for those flowers.
DeleteBarbara, yes, in English they're also commonly called geraniums. See quote from Wikipedia in a separate comment below. (I also added it as a PS to the post itself just now.)
DeleteThanks for the Sunday morning smile!
ReplyDeleteYou're welcome, Graham! :)
DeleteGinny, you probably know them as geraniums.
ReplyDelete"Pelargonium is a genus of flowering plants that includes about 280 species of perennials, succulents, and shrubs, commonly called geraniums, pelargoniums, or storksbills. Geranium is also the botanical name and common name of a separate genus of related plants, also known as cranesbills. Both genera belong to the family Geraniaceae, and Carl Linnaeus originally included all the species in one genus, Geranium; they were later separated into two genera by Charles Louis L'Héritier de Brutelle in 1789." (Wikipedia)
ReplyDeleteThe best feature of this blogpost was the joke section though given the worldwide decline in bee numbers, perhaps it is not a subject we should be joking about.
ReplyDeleteYP, these were selected from a much longer list of bee jokes that I found somewhere online. (I think almost longer than your recent list of oneliners!) This was one single bee trying to make the most of having these flowers all to himself; involving a lot of impressive hovering before hitting each target.
DeleteWhat a beautiful colour the plant is. I have some "wild" pelargoniums which are a vivid purple - quite an unusual colour. The problem is that they grow like weeds and smother nearby plants. The seeds or roots must have been in the soil that the builder put into the new flower beds he created. After I'd planted them up I was quite surprised to see these invaders appear!
ReplyDeleteCarol, my pelargoniums are each in their own pot. I do usually end up buying new plants in the spring, but if they're still in bloom when the first frost hits it's easy to take them in at night and thus enjoy them for a bit longer.
DeleteGreat to see pollinators hard at work. They are becoming endangered species in some areas.
ReplyDeleteDavid, I have noted over the past few years that we see less of them here too. Possibly because the seasons have been somewhat out of order - many trees back in spring were in bloom a lot earlier than usual, for example.
DeleteIn German, both terms are common, as are the flowers themselves, Geranien and Pelargonien. Very popular for balconies and window boxes!
ReplyDeleteYes, here too - although window boxes aren't as common here as they are in Germany!
DeleteLove those and the bees. I have white geraniums in my garden along with the roses, lavender and various fruit trees that are starting to bloom at the moment.
ReplyDeleteThat sounds really lovely, Amy!
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