nope, plenty of bees at my place.

My garden is a bit lean on bees right now, too. The lavender starflower plants are getting set for a strong flowering, so I will know better then. The starflower is always popular with bees.

I'll have to do more for the local mason bees. I have a wood pile, I can drill some holes i the bigger logs so that they lay their eggs. Might help next year.

All my bees are on other plants. My plum blossoms were neglected as well. I hand pollinated as best I could.

I have only been in our current place for 6 months but it seems the bees are coming by when stuff is flowering. When our navel orange bloomed there were a bunch and during the day I usually see a few around our Lavender plants and other flowers.

Two weeks back, when it was in full flower, my apricot tree was lousy with bees. Dozens at a time. The citrus attract a few bees too.

My other trees - peach, plum, avocado - I haven't seen a single bee buzzing them.

Seems like a buyers market. The bees can buzz the flower of their choice this year.

I have over a dozen bush germanders and when in full bloom they are covered with bees. They also like the 2 monster ceanothus I have.
The bottlebrushes are starting to bloom and the like those as well as the hummers.

Something is always blooming to keep the hummers around.

But sad to say I see a few dead bees on the patio year around.

I seem to have much fewer bees than usual. I hope it's because their are more flowers to choose from than normal. I also have a hummingbird feeder that has been sitting full for at least a month.

I wonder if the prolonged wet, cold weather may have contributed to an increase in mold in the mason bee nests, leading to a loss of bees?

I just read another article on the dangers of neurotoxin pesticides and how they kill bees and also are present in honey for sale. Honey shouldn't ever be toxic. Honey feels like it should be pure. Bees work so hard to make it. They shouldn't have to die in the process. There has to be a better solution.

I wrote a long post about environmental damages. It depressed me and I erased it. I wish things were different. I don't blame farmers. I don't blame homeowners. I blame the lab guys who invent this stuff and the ones who market it and the ones who make it legal without knowing what the long term impact on everyone will be.

My shrubs have been full of bees when they were in flower. First the rosemary was inundated, then the ceanothus, and now the broccoli that is flowering (I didn't pick it all). Bees have also been all over the African blue basil.

Nice photo! I'm still short of bees. The Page Tangerine has some fruit that has taken, but I'm not sure if it's self-fertile (I think most citrus is?) Fingers crossed for my apples and plum tree.

I'm up north but our bees seem to be great this year, we have lots of ice plant, lavender, and a whole lot of flowering things.. we have Pride of Madeira here as well and they just love that stuff. Will keep my eyes peeled though to notice any changes.

Well, the starflower and Pride of Madeira are blooming, and the flowers get visited by hummingbirds. No bees. Very unusual.

One of the rare bees on my lemon tree. Still almost nothing in the back yard.

Netflix documentary More Than Honey was, for the most part, very interesting. It may or may not bare much resemblance to the factual whole picture but it was interesting anyway.

Yeah we even have a ton of native digger bees buzzing around. The craziest thing to show up so far was a pepsis wasp that has one of the most painful stings on the planet.

Just saw a swarm of bees outside the office up in Mira Mesa. It looks like they moved off the trail though since they were not there later in the day. (Which is good since they might of been removed by someone if they didn't)

I've seen more FB posts of swarms in SoCal this year than I have ever seen. That's a good sign because it means the hives are growing and dividing. I think that maybe the reason people aren't seeing as many bees on their citrus trees this year is because there has been so much other forage out there due to a good rainy season. Because of that the bees aren't concentrated on the irrigated landscape plants like they were during the drought.

Nils, very interesting theory, you could be correct. There are a ton of native plants flowering and I'm not too far away from some open space.

I saw a swarm in the air about a week ago. That resting swarm picture is beautiful. I like the smell of a beehive.

I am in north county and I have a lot of bees in my yard. I live in a neighborhood and I can see over my neighbor's fence there is a hive about 100 feet away.

For the past couple of weeks the bees have been very aggressive. At first I thought it was no big deal because I have always thought of bees as peaceful creatures. When they buzzed around me I would just walk away. However they have been seeking me out every time I go in my backyard even for a minute.

I was stung seven times last week while holding my baby. Then as I tried to get away the bee went after my dog. Has anyone else experienced this? Makes it hard to garden when I can't leave my house.

Similar situation here in Norcal (bay area). Olive tree is in full bloom but not a single bee on it. Usually when its in flower, it is so filled with bees we can hear the buzzing from inside the house. A few bumblebees on lavender but nowhere close to the usual numbers. I drove by a swarm yesterday (and some very scared pedestrians) so maybe its a strange year all around?