Tag: bees

Bastet’s Pixelventures: Spontaneous

As I was sitting in my doctor’s office this morning, I thought about Bastet’s Pixelventures newest challenge.  Our assignment this week is to take a spontaneous picture and then edit it using one of the photo editing apps.  I realized I had an opportunity to take that photo while I waited for the doctor!

This is my favorite of the pictures I took.  I used the Loma filter on the Pic Shop Lite app to come up with this version.  (Be sure to keep scrolling down after looking at the first photo!) Continue reading “Bastet’s Pixelventures: Spontaneous” →

We Need the Bees!

Two years ago a friend gave me a bee balm plant.  Last year had quite a few blooms.  This year it has taken off.  At this point it is 64 inches tall and is full of blooms!

Bee balm is known to attract butterflies, hummingbirds and bees.  It is also considered edible and medicinal.

While I have been delighted by the number of blooms on my plant, I have also felt distressed by how few bees there are both in the bee balm and in my garden as a whole.  I’m also concerned that essentially all the bees are bumblebees. There are almost no honey bees despite the fact that I have neighbors three houses down who have honey bee hives.  It has never been this bad before.

As you probably know the bees are disappearing all over the world.  They are getting sick and dying. Continue reading “We Need the Bees!” →