I have a large hedge in my garden which flowers every year and attracts lots of bees and hasn't failed to do so this year. However, last year I visited a castle and underneath a tree there was probably well over one hundred dead bees. I have no idea what did that but yes, Bees definitely are in decline.
Bees as individuals aren't long-lived creatures. If there'd been a wild bees's nest in the tree then a hundred dead bees on the ground below it would be quite normal.
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
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I find that when one listens to a hive close to, it sounds just like a sound track of an F1 race ! Bizzy li'l critters, aren't they !
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
I sometime wonder if we all atract the bees to our gardens, will that benefit the commercial growers?