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Do bees like daffodils

Updated: 10/8/2023
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6y ago

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The flower is the least toxic (poisonous) area of the daffodil plant. Most animals leave the entire plant alone. Slugs are good at destroying the flowers if the blooms are heavy and touching the ground. Spotty damage may be insects. There have been videos of squirrels and some birds that will pick the flowers. They don't eat them - they just like to pick the flower and leave the stem. The daffodil has lots of critters that are after its tender tissues such as aphids, bulb flies, bulb mites, caterpillars, nematodes, and thrips.

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The daffodil has lots of critters that are after its tender tissues.
Examples include the following:

  • Aphids - insects that suck the life juices out of the leaves & stem.
  • Bulb flies - lay their eggs on the bulb & maggots eat away at the tissues.
  • Bulb mites - burrow into the bulb and other critters attack through the burrows.
  • Caterpillars - feed upon the leaves.
  • Nematodes - may attack the root, stem or bulb.
  • Snails and slugs - eat the above ground tissue.
  • Thrips - suck the life juices out of the stem and leaves.
  • Larger animals - daffodils are toxic to most, but they can still stomp on the plant. There are videos of squirrels and birds picking the flowers and sometimes leaving them on the ground next to the plant, or dropping them a short distance away.
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15y ago

nearly all insects, like bees and fys

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6y ago

I've never seen a bee on a daffodil.

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