sorry dearie....there is nothing that I like more in the summer than crawling about the flower beds taking photos of the little dears. They don't seem to mind...and I've been used more than once as a landing stage (they tickle).
I will restrain myself and not post any more from last year....cheered me up tho.
During a sunny 2 days a few weeks ago ,my rock crocuses were open & swarming with what I think were honey bees plus 1 white or buff-tailed bumble bee. The weather then turned cold again, the flowers remained closed & no bees since.
My OH keeps bees too so I am also an avid bee watcher. They've been out on days which were warm enough and I've seen them on mahonia, heather, crocus and pulmonaria. I did see an enormous bumble bee about 10 days ago - heard it'd buzz first - it too was on the mahonia (now fading fast). I tried to take a pic but it wasn't very good - will see if I still have it. Cheerypeabrain your pics are lovely - thank you!
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I saw several types of bees in my garden last week.They were on my heather plants,here on Merseyside.
Not a lot of action here but it's ben barely above freezing with a howling gale.
In the sticks near Peterborough
Honey bee
solitary bee....?leafcutter bee
red tailed bumble bee queen
male white tailed bumble bee
tree bumble bee queen
buff tailed bumble bee (probably)
common carder bee
Any excuse to post bee pictures....sorry.
Lovely, just what I need to see, flowers, sunshine and bees
In the sticks near Peterborough
Just for a moment I thought that all those photos were of flowers in your garden now!!!
Then I remembered - we haven't had spring yet
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
sorry dearie....there is nothing that I like more in the summer than crawling about the flower beds taking photos of the little dears. They don't seem to mind...and I've been used more than once as a landing stage (they tickle).
I will restrain myself and not post any more from last year....cheered me up tho.
During a sunny 2 days a few weeks ago ,my rock crocuses were open & swarming with what I think were honey bees plus 1 white or buff-tailed bumble bee. The weather then turned cold again, the flowers remained closed & no bees since.
My OH keeps bees too so I am also an avid bee watcher. They've been out on days which were warm enough and I've seen them on mahonia, heather, crocus and pulmonaria. I did see an enormous bumble bee about 10 days ago - heard it'd buzz first - it too was on the mahonia (now fading fast). I tried to take a pic but it wasn't very good - will see if I still have it. Cheerypeabrain your pics are lovely - thank you!
aw....thank you X
Saw a large bee flew past the other day very lould of to find a plant