DC: Pollinators aka: Gold Dusters

butterfly fae

spreads pollen where ever she may

my friend and i built a bee nesting house this week

our native Mason Bees do not drill holes

they look for ones made by other critters

so hopefully they will lay their eggs in these holes

line them with pollen and seal them with mud and leaves

and next year new bees will emerge and begin anew

you can learn more about bee houses:

here, here and here

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with Spring doing the tango with winters end

i find myself thinking of the beings that pollinate our flowers

enabling our foods to flourish and then feed us

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an interesting National Geographic article: Gold Dusters

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visit the lovely people below this weekend 
to enjoy what they have shared:

Veronica

Renee

Nadine

Sabine

Barbara bee

Tanïa

Viola

Melodye

Patrice

Ariane

Carole

Sharmon

Beth

Fische Frauen

Lissa

Renilde

Eric

mano

Roberto
Kelly
Lara
Amanda
Rebecca

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if i left anyone off the list, let me know

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Next Weekends DC: Pollinators

tears of honey
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With Spring here on this side of the earth

it is a great time to consider: 'Pollinators

Droege said “Almost all the fruits and nuts, and a lot of the vegetable varieties, that we eat require some insect—usually bees—for pollination,”  

here are some of our pollinators: bees, butterflies, hummingbirds, bats, ants, beetles, tiny rodents and more. So BIG Vast possibilities this week!

I saw my first butterflies of the year today! Two kinds, Mourning Cloak and an Compton Tortoiseshell:

also i found a tick on me, just walking around, did not bite me

I would say that Spring has begun!

let me know in the comments if you will post and share with us
March 28-29th

(if your link does not go straight to the blog you are posting on, then leave the link as well, pretty please)

also, even though we call it Drawing Challenge
it can be expressed anyway you imagine:
drawing, painting, writing, photos, food.....

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