Posted by Craven on May 2, 2011, 5:20 pm
I'm trying to make a bit of a container "bee garden" on my patio...
nothing serious, just a bit of fun and trying to do some good at the
same time.
I have quite a lot of ants outside - not a huge amount, but there are
always some visible on my plants - and I'm wondering do they take the
pollen and nectar?
Any info appreciated,
Craven.
Posted by Bob Hobden on May 2, 2011, 5:50 pm
"Craven" wrote
> I'm trying to make a bit of a container "bee garden" on my patio...
> nothing serious, just a bit of fun and trying to do some good at the same
> time.
> I have quite a lot of ants outside - not a huge amount, but there are
> always some visible on my plants - and I'm wondering do they take the
> pollen and nectar?
> Any info appreciated,
Always considered ants on plants to mean there are sap suckers at work...
aphids and scale insects are the ones. These insects secrete a sugary fluid
which the ants collect, they actually milk the insects for the liquid. I'm
also convinced that ants place or at least distribute these insects on the
plants.
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Regards
Bob Hobden
W.of London. UK
Posted by 'Mike' on May 2, 2011, 6:06 pm
> "Craven" wrote
>>
>> I'm trying to make a bit of a container "bee garden" on my patio...
>> nothing serious, just a bit of fun and trying to do some good at the same
>> time.
>>
>> I have quite a lot of ants outside - not a huge amount, but there are
>> always some visible on my plants - and I'm wondering do they take the
>> pollen and nectar?
>>
>> Any info appreciated,
>>
> Always considered ants on plants to mean there are sap suckers at work...
> aphids and scale insects are the ones. These insects secrete a sugary
> fluid which the ants collect, they actually milk the insects for the
> liquid. I'm also convinced that ants place or at least distribute these
> insects on the plants.
> --
> Regards
> Bob Hobden
> W.of London. UK
Read my post about putting bands on fruit trees a few days back
:-)))))
Kind regards
Mike
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Posted by Craven on May 3, 2011, 4:32 pm
On 02/05/2011 22:50, Bob Hobden wrote:
> "Craven" wrote
>>
>> I'm trying to make a bit of a container "bee garden" on my patio...
>> nothing serious, just a bit of fun and trying to do some good at the
>> same time.
>>
>> I have quite a lot of ants outside - not a huge amount, but there are
>> always some visible on my plants - and I'm wondering do they take the
>> pollen and nectar?
>>
>> Any info appreciated,
>>
> Always considered ants on plants to mean there are sap suckers at
> work... aphids and scale insects are the ones. These insects secrete a
> sugary fluid which the ants collect, they actually milk the insects for
> the liquid. I'm also convinced that ants place or at least distribute
> these insects on the plants.
I've heard about ants "farming" insects. Also some of the traps that
they set are quite ingenious.
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> nothing serious, just a bit of fun and trying to do some good at the same
> time.
> I have quite a lot of ants outside - not a huge amount, but there are
> always some visible on my plants - and I'm wondering do they take the
> pollen and nectar?
> Any info appreciated,