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Gardening

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17. The bumbles practically swarmed on our lavender (huge plant now).

Sat Nov 17, 2012, 12:40 PM

Nov 2012

They had huge sacks of pollen - so much so that they seemed to have trouble flying. Then again, there's a reason they're called "bumble" bees.

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