Ito have some queen bees bombing around outside my house but not until i read this article did i know that they were queen bees again more flowers must be planted. Also further comment on the butterflies, ive been on high alert as looked in my upstairs extention only to find 20 tortoishell butterflies trying to get out ,im letting them out on a daily basis where are they all coming from
Interested to read of other butterfly sightings! We now have loads of bees (many types) and several peacock butterflies on a regular basis in front and rear gardens. Sadly the snails are also waking up and becoming mobile...just as the hostas emerge. Daily patro;s will be necessary once again I fear!
Bee's love Lavendula heather fox gloves flowers that are easy to get the nectar from cotoneaster when in flower really buzzes with all sorts of bee's, along with butterflies lady birds and dragonflies they are all so welcome to my garden.
The small tortoiseshell is one of only five UK butterflies to regularly hibernate as adults (peacock, comma, brimstone and red admiral are others). They are the species most likely to come indoors to find a fold in a curtain or behind the valence. They also go into sheds, greenhouses and other out buildings. The problem is that they often get revived ahead of time by central heating, so flutterings in December and January need to be released into the cool shelter of an outside loo or potting shed rather than released into the very fresh air. Yours are fine though, emerging from slumber at a more appropriate time of year.
My cherry tree is in full bloom at the moment and the honey bees are finding it irrisitable. You can hear them buzzing around. I also saw several Brimstone butterflies while walking the dog. Great to see them...
We seem always to have Bumble Bees in and around the glasshouse, maybe its because in there are flowers, in bloom most of the time, a few of the Angelines never seem to stop flowering, also grow Pansies, they are in flower from October through the winter, even though its been more of a real winter this year they have performed well, pity the Cabbage White Butterfly has woken up, Spring Cabbage netted to keep them off.
I saw my first bumble bee in the garden today 4.04.09: Knighton, Liecester. I think it came from the allotment at 6.00pm. It was huge, was this a queen? Anyway if it was, she appeared to drop and rise like she was riding on a sea wave.
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We now have loads of bees (many types) and several peacock butterflies on a regular basis in front and rear gardens.
Sadly the snails are also waking up and becoming mobile...just as the hostas emerge. Daily patro;s will be necessary once again I fear!
The small tortoiseshell is one of only five UK butterflies to regularly hibernate as adults (peacock, comma, brimstone and red admiral are others). They are the species most likely to come indoors to find a fold in a curtain or behind the valence. They also go into sheds, greenhouses and other out buildings. The problem is that they often get revived ahead of time by central heating, so flutterings in December and January need to be released into the cool shelter of an outside loo or potting shed rather than released into the very fresh air. Yours are fine though, emerging from slumber at a more appropriate time of year.