BEES

All the other creepy crawlies and animals that interact with your garden and the countryside
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Placido
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Re: BEES

Post by Placido » Tue Apr 03, 2018 6:33 pm

First bumble toady :bee: :woohoo:. Not a huge bumbly bumble but a bumble nevertheless.
Here we go, here we go ........ :goodvibes:

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Re: BEES

Post by Jacksparrow » Tue Apr 03, 2018 7:48 pm

Placido wrote:First bumble toady :bee: :woohoo:. Not a huge bumbly bumble but a bumble nevertheless.
Here we go, here we go ........ :goodvibes:
Well spotted :nod: I hope there is some nectar to sustain the early ones.

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Re: BEES

Post by Placido » Wed Apr 04, 2018 10:06 am

Well, that's when the guilt crashed in :(: very little in flower at the moment. The bumble soon moved on to pastures more amenable.

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Re: BEES

Post by nuthatch » Wed Apr 04, 2018 3:41 pm

:rara: :bee: :flower: :spring: :bunny:

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Re: BEES

Post by nuthatch » Wed Apr 18, 2018 5:06 pm

Saw two buzzies (or same one twice) in the garden toady :bee:

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Re: BEES

Post by Placido » Wed Apr 18, 2018 6:34 pm

Let's say there were two :nod: :bee: :bee: :clap:

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Re: BEES

Post by Jacksparrow » Wed Apr 18, 2018 8:01 pm

We had one in the house :shake: this afternoon. Mrs JS was not happy

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Re: BEES

Post by Placido » Sun Apr 22, 2018 9:22 am

Must say, it's very encouraging to see so very many bumbles around.
Mentioned this on the 'phone to a friend who lives some distance away and the response was the same.
So that's all good :).

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Re: BEES

Post by Placido » Sat Apr 28, 2018 11:07 am

So. The EU has (mostly) banned neo-nicotinoids and The Bees Are Saved :unsure:. At least that's a start.
An NFU representative predicts the imminent demise of the British farmer because of this ban regardless of the fact that there remain 400-odd alternatives to neo-nics.

It has taken a long, long time for this to happen but maybe we have a real breakthrough at last.

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Re: BEES

Post by Butterfly » Sat May 11, 2019 2:41 pm

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Lovely to see this bee enjoying a wallflower that I bought in hope to attract few bees :bee: , its a success, as well as my blueberry shrub, they like it :nod:

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