Bees on my plants

[Thesunshinebaker]

Hi all! I have been watching baby bees grow up having a ball on my plants that are already flowering…. Will this hurt my plants or keep them from growing or will it help my plants to make them stronger and bigger? Thank you so much in advance. They don’t bother me even if I’m super close they are just having a field day on them. however if it’s hurting them I may want to bring them inside or in a tent?

 

[013]

Hey Thesunshinebaker,

welcome aboard! captain obvious here - birds and bees will be transporting pollen around, might get your chicks knocked up resulting in seedy buds

 

[Sueet]

I find it interesting that they would have any interest in them at all if female, there is no pollen, no nectar .... that is confusing to me. I had plants flowering outside last year and never noticed anything after the blooms, tho I saw many small insects just chilling on leaves hanging out.

 

[Morda Grown]

Wind is not the only transmiter of pollen, There has to be a reason they are attracted to the female flower. My guess is there is a lure there some where to get them to check them out. When realize it was a false flag they already deposited pollen and just fly off. Just my thoughts...

 

[Sueet]

Wind is not the only transmiter of pollen, There has to be a reason they are attracted to the female flower. My guess is there is a lure there some where to get them to check them out. When realize it was a false flag they already deposited pollen and just fly off. Just my thoughts...

Yea, I mean I know there are a lot of ways pollen gets about, I just feel like bees were never interested in my mj flowers that I saw. Honestly, I also am confused about the term baby bees ... they don't get to go out of the hive til they're adults afaik. Even ground nesting bees emerge after they're adults. I guess it must be some other breed of bee I know nothing about, and now I want to see them >.>

 

[Thesunshinebaker]

Can you spot the bee?? However there are more a little baby ones all over though

 

[Thesunshinebaker]

Can you spot the bee?? However there are more a little baby ones all over though

 

[Morda Grown]

No bees but I see a big male plant and that explains it.

 

[013]

boo yah not chicks

 

[stinker]

Those will attract bees and annoy the neighbors. Welcome Thesunshinebaker
That is a male and it should be pulled. It will pollinate your females and any others female plants in the area.

 

[bobrown14]

I find it interesting that they would have any interest in them at all if female, there is no pollen, no nectar .... that is confusing to me. I had plants flowering outside last year and never noticed anything after the blooms, tho I saw many small insects just chilling on leaves hanging out.

They aren't bees. They are flies or wasps. They are beneficial insects (predators) and eat other destructive insects.

Generally growing outdoors a balance of nature takes hold in the garden. Specially if you're growing organically. We get very few pests in the garden that actually eat plants. Those insects are generally slow moving and easy targets for predators.

 

[Thesunshinebaker]

Can you spot the bee?? However there are more a little baby ones all over though

Those will attract bees and annoy the neighbors. Welcome Thesunshinebaker
That is a male and it should be pulled. It will pollinate your females and any others female plants in the area.

Are they both males? One has flowers in the other didn’t

 

[Thesunshinebaker]

No bees but I see a big male plant and that explains it.

Are they both male plants or is one female and one males? One has flowered and the other one did not

 

[bobrown14]

He's getting ready to pollinate your tomato plant.

FYI - tomatoes are pest magnets.

 

[Morda Grown]

Are they both male plants or is one female and one males? One has flowered and the other one did not

Only the one for now, those are male flowers. The one in the back hasn't shown it's sex yet from what I can see.

Females look like this:

 

[013]

Yeah the one in the pic with dangly bits and bees on it is the male

 

[Sueet]

Yap, that would explain it, thanks y'all.

 

[Thesunshinebaker]

He's getting ready to pollinate your tomato plant.

FYI - tomatoes are pest magnets.

Thank you

 

[bobrown14]

Id be ditching those males pronto. Hose em down with water before you remove them so no pollen gets on your other plants. Even tho you dont see flowers your female plant can get pollinated. Since the males are about to let their pollen go the females have pre-flowers.

Pollen with get in them and you can get seeds. Wont be a lot but it will affect how the female plants grow. Can get fluffy flowers that are worthless.... don't ask me how I know.

 

[Sueet]

Id be ditching those males pronto. Hose em down with water before you remove them so no pollen gets on your other plants. Even tho you dont see flowers your female plant can get pollinated. Since the males are about to let their pollen go the females have pre-flowers.

Pollen with get in them and you can get seeds. Wont be a lot but it will affect how the female plants grow. Can get fluffy flowers that are worthless.... don't ask me how I know.

If the bees are on them, the pollen .. at least some of it, has already been released. I do still agree with your assessment of how to handle it tho, no sense in making it worse on purpose.