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Where have all the bees gone?

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  • B3B3 Posts: 27,505
    I wonder why they never go near my elderberry. Something pollinates it though because the berries are forming now.
    In London. Keen but lazy.
  • purplerallimpurplerallim Posts: 5,287
    My campanula is the most popular now as the Aquilegia have finished.  Have noticed more hoverflies this year, but the wet weather did slow them down.
  • LynLyn Posts: 23,190
    Salvias, geraniums and Lupins are favourite at the moment, that will change soon.
    Gardening on the wild, windy west side of Dartmoor. 

  • CeresCeres Posts: 2,698
    We didn't have too many here last year but this year the nepeta is throbbing with bumble bees so I think there is a colony nearby. Not too many other speices though.
  • AnniDAnniD Posts: 12,585
    There are a lot of bumblebees around at the moment, not so many honeybees as there were earlier in the year. The salvias seem to be the favourites.
  • hogweedhogweed Posts: 4,053
    Loads of bees with me as well.
    'Optimism is the faith that leads to achievement' - Helen Keller
  • Hampshire_HogHampshire_Hog Posts: 1,089
    Lots of different bees, butterfly's, hover fly's, parasitic wasps, ladybirds, and other flying insects at the allotment.

    "You don't stop gardening because you get old, you get old because you stop gardening." - The Hampshire Hog
  • TinyGardenGIrlTinyGardenGIrl Posts: 169
    Thank you for your replies . I’m really glad to hear that other gardens across the uk are not as quiet as mine on the bee front. It is reassuring.
    Mine must be just having a blip then for some reason. Hopefully things will improve with time.
  • Fishy65Fishy65 Posts: 2,276
    Lots of insect activity in my garden too TGG. Bees are mostly bumbles but a lot of hoverflies too. The viper's bugloss is very popular, common mallow too. Mullein moth caterpillars on the water figwort.
  • SheleenSheleen Posts: 51
    My speedwell was positively humming with bee's Midsummers' Day... bumble, honey... all sorts :)They seem to really love the speedwell and the borage - though the white borage has already finished for this year, the blue is going strong :) These are the favourites of the bees in my garden.
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