Jan 12, 2012
If you let your bok choy go to seed, what a treat for the honey bees.
The mild unseasonable weather and blooming bok choy--perfect for foraging honey bees searching for food in January.
Mother Nature may fool them. Bok choy does not.
Bok choy (Brassica rapa chinensis), also known as Chinese cabbage, is a East Asian leafy vegetable. In Cantonese, bok choy means "white vegetable."
In bee language, it means "let's forage."
Check out the yellow pollen and the newness of the bees!
Can spring be far behind?
Attached Images:
Honey bee foraging on a blooming bok choy. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
It's a wrap! Honey bee all wrapped up in a bok choy. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)