BEES

All the other creepy crawlies and animals that interact with your garden and the countryside
Willpar
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Don't look like it is going to warm up anytime soon. And with rain on the way, is going to get a little cooler. But for me is the same with butterflies, hardly any around.
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Willpar wrote: Wed Jun 12, 2024 8:40 pm Don't look like it is going to warm up anytime soon. And with rain on the way, is going to get a little cooler. But for me is the same with butterflies, hardly any around.
I think I have seen one butterfly in the last two weeks. Usually, by now, both sorts of the common white species are everywhere but very few so far :(
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We have a few bees, but I have lots of salvias so they're usually a constant hum at this time of year. :(
As for butterflies, we live in quite a rural place, and yet we hardly have any - a few cabbage whites mostly, and the odd totoiseshell.
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I saw a queen White Tailed Bumblebee in my garden this afternoon. She was finding pollen on a dead nettle that still has flowers. I hope she has a nice warm burrow to return to.
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Good spot JS.
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Seen my first large bumble bee today, flying around a garden.
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