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Offline crispy

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bloody bees everywhere
« on: February 25, 2020, 02:22:22 am »
Hi all well i live in south australia and was out working along a bike track on monday ,now i dont know what this plant is but pretty sure it is a weed has a yellow flower and grows to a smallish height but the bees i have never seen so many they were everywhere just about couldnt work because there were so many of them ,looked like golden italian bees but there were some darker almost black in there as well never seen so many in the time ive been working along there .

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Re: bloody bees everywhere
« Reply #1 on: May 01, 2020, 09:18:03 am »
Any chance of a photo or a description?
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Re: bloody bees everywhere
« Reply #2 on: May 03, 2020, 07:00:58 am »
All finished flowering now i think it was just weeds but they were everywhere

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Re: bloody bees everywhere
« Reply #3 on: May 04, 2020, 10:15:21 pm »
I would hazard a guess at either Capeweed or Yellow Oxalis, if it's very low growing. If you google them you should find some pictures?

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Re: bloody bees everywhere
« Reply #4 on: May 10, 2020, 08:34:09 am »
Sorry neither of those i think it might be liquorice weed a it has that sort of smell to it still flowering but no where near as many bees about .