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Last fall I got 8 bee boards from an abandoned alfalfa farm. The first time I looked at them they were active. In fact, driving up I thought they were honey bees, there were so many. Late in the fall, when there was no longer any flight I transported them to our place. Almost all the holes were sealed cocoons.
Now it is mid June and I have seen none emerge? Alfalfa is just starting to bloom. Did they die? We had a mild winter. What is going on?
Wow. They are emerging. Can't believe it, started occurring the day after the above post.
What an example of co-evolution. Think about it, if they emerged before the alfalfa bloomed, they would be in danger of starving. Their clock is perfectly in tune with their feed source.
Or the perfect example of the Creator's (God's) hand at work.
All things for His glory
That's just awesome. I'd love to see you post a few photos here of your colony, if possible.
Congratulations!
I saw leafcutters on flowers just the other day but it wasn't alfalfa but a yellow globe thistle and the bee was loading up that bottom of the abdomen with pollen.