Spruce's honey bees

....Fab Spruce....when i got home from work today i got my self armed with my camera and thought i'd chill for a while an keep a watch out for some Bee pics......now i'm getting worried because can you believe it...not a one i'm still on the look out though...but it does seem strange

 

Hi Loi

I do have more this was the worse one of them all the others are 10 times better but I cant load up says they are too big !!!

Its gone even slower on here I have been trying to put photos on for over 1 hour just to keep the fans happy

Spruce

 

Hi Loi

I do have more this was the worse one of them all the others are 10 times better but I cant load up says they are too big !!!

Its gone even slower on here I have been trying to put photos on for over 1 hour just to keep the fans happy

Spruce

 

I have been watching bees on the cranesbills today Only little bees but some of them carry such heavy suitcases -it wearies me just observing them.
Question :
Why are some bees' bags creamy yellow and one today had deep orange bags. Like a free range hen's egg yolk?

 

Hi Jenny


I think probably Hawthorn this time of year , have you any growing by you ??


Spruce

 

I'm getting worried now....been at it again on my bee hunt....the only thing that buzzed was a blue bottle there isn'ta great deal in flower in my garden at the moment but once my 'Buzzy border' comes to life i'm expecting great things....did see on the news today about the 'short haired Bee' that they were reintroducing here....hope they make their way to yorkshire

 

was watching Jamie Oliver in Greece yesterday ... was sort of 'half watching', but think I heard that each bee only produces 1 gram of honey in it's life?

If true, that puts things in perspective

 

My Laburnum is totally alive with bees at the moment.
They are bumble bees, but early mornings before things get going and other noises start, the hum is very loud.
Remember the lavender hedge that a neighbour had years ago was always the same, full of bumble bees.
I think we just grow the wrong kinds of plants these days in general.
Too many bedding plants from foreign parts, (look whos talking), not enough of the old plants.

 

Still looking for the B's....

 

Loadsa bees out today!! They love this cotoneaster. If you watch the flowers and allow your eyes to go out of sharp focus, you can just see all the bee movement. There are a hundred there today It has just started to flower and the sun has come out to play

 

Bee having a snack

 

Just Bumble bees, though there were a couple of very small honey bees, at the Alliums today

Jack McHammocklashing

 

Brilliant Jackespecially the first pic

 

Jack, you are just making me want a decent camera more and more and more...