I do believe these guys are winning.

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I have a ton of bee pods on my iris, but I've only successfully gotten 2 (that I believe only I pollinized). And most of the iris that I decide to pollinate, I'll find pollen already there. I've been going ahead and putting my pollen on too. LET THE BEST POLLEN WIN! If I were really serious about this, I'd pull off the falls when a flower first opens (as Mike U suggested one time) but I can't bring myself to do that to an iris. So I'll just see what the bee and I get. :o)

I think I'm increasing the bumble bee population around here because 5 years ago (when I only had a handful of iris), I rarely saw a bumble bee. Last year I saw quite a few and this year they're everywhere. I don't mind as we need more wild flower pollinators. I just wish they weren't such a fan of iris...

Heidi