Honey bee on a snowdrop in early February
My earliest clump of snowdrops …
… satisfyingly busy with bees
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Quote of the day:
“What wondrous life is this I lead!
Ripe apples drop about my head;
The luscious clusters of the vine
Upon my mouth do crush their wine;
The nectarine and curious peach
Into my hands themselves do reach;
Stumbling on melons, as I pass,
Ensnared with flowers, I fall on grass.”
~ Andrew Marvell
Forage in October for:
Sweet Chestnuts, Sloes, Dandelion Leaves, Rosehips, Hops, Walnuts, Haws (Hawthorn berries), Wild Strawberries, Cleavers, Burdock Roots, Rowan Berries
Allison, great spot – I saw my first honey bee yesterday, but was too slow to take a photo. And highlights the importance of early nectar sources for Bees and other insects.
That’s what I was thinking … I probably need to plant more things like sarcococca and skimmia (I don’t have many flowering shrubs)
Love the photos. I’ve never grown snowdrops successfully, but they pop up here too–in other folks’ gardens. However, I do grow bees…:)
… and so very colourfully! We inherited a few patches of snowdrops with the house, but I split clumps most years to try to spread them around.
Oh how marvellous and what great pics. I just about heard a lonesome bee for the first time today, even so, it’s a sound that at this time of year always makes my heart skip a hopeful beat.
That one looked a bit lonesome too. I am sure that they are loving your crocuses though.
Sweet! 🙂
I love to see Bees working, they were busy on the Mahonia yesterday in the sunshine.
How lovely. Were there many about? I’ve not got the kind of mahonia (aquifolium) for flowers now, but I’ve been enjoying my neighbours large stands of them.
You could hear the buzz from the bees from several paces away.🐝
🙂
Lovely photos – especially love the bee close ups! Must be nearly spring if the bees are a-buzzin’! I was reading that the temperature has to be above 10 degrees for them to be active.
Thanks Jane. Last week’s temperatures were in double figures here, so that makes sense. We are back to hovering around freezing again now though, so I doubt that I will be seeing any this week.