Jim, I have two blue tit boxes, that had blue tit nests in last year, but both have bumble bee nests in this year. Maybe the bees are going high rise, after last years soggy summer. That makes three bumble bee nests in the garden. The apples and plums are so laden I am going to have to drastically thin them otherwise the branches will break.
I wonder on the number of bees and if its only certain areas of the country. when i am in my garden there seems to be lots of bees, mainly what i think are the solo bees, same goes when round at my parents house, my dads garden is full of them and i think quite a lot of the bees live under his garden shed/workshop.
We had solitary bees early on in the season, and now we have bumbles. I havn't seen any honeybees, and there are not a lot of hoverflys about. (nottingham)
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Jim, I have two blue tit boxes, that had blue tit nests in last year, but both have bumble bee nests in this year. Maybe the bees are going high rise, after last years soggy summer. That makes three bumble bee nests in the garden. The apples and plums are so laden I am going to have to drastically thin them otherwise the branches will break.
Sarah 4. If you are in Devon, you could check if Rosemoor gardens are having an apple ID day in September or October.
I took some apples from the old orchard next door, to an apple day at Harlow Carr, and they identified them for me.
Rosemoor has an apple ID day on the 4th September. 2013
See rhs website for more details. You have to take 3 apples of each specimen you would like identified.
I wonder on the number of bees and if its only certain areas of the country. when i am in my garden there seems to be lots of bees, mainly what i think are the solo bees, same goes when round at my parents house, my dads garden is full of them and i think quite a lot of the bees live under his garden shed/workshop.
Im in lancashire btw.
We had solitary bees early on in the season, and now we have bumbles. I havn't seen any honeybees, and there are not a lot of hoverflys about. (nottingham)