bees and inhibitors

we have an intruder plant in the bush beans. john thought i put it in with a grand plan to inhibit the potato beetles that like the leaves of tomatoes, beans and eggplants. but i didn't. now it is enormous and has these big pods that are drying on the stalk. time to do some research... the beetles are distracted saving the bean leaves for optimum photosynthesis.



inhibitors that i did plant on purpose: nasturtium in the bean and cuke beds + marigolds with the tomatoes. their flowers also attract the bees. bzzzzz.



there have been some fears recently about bee communities and their vibrancy. we have lots. but i've included a link to an article about cell phones + bees. maybe that's why we have to walk to the communication rock for signal, so that we can have bees zooming around doing their thing, pollinating and keeping girl busy (she likes to eat them).