Bee with bulging pollen sacks on hellebore
Buff-tailed bumblebee on crocus
Bee enjoying winter honeysuckle
Honey bee heading for hyacinth ‘Delft Blue’
Bee on Tulipa turkestanica
Bee positively drenched in pollen
Buff-tailed Bumblebee on blossom
Bee on crocus ‘Joan of Arc’
Bee on Anemone blanda
Honey bee on hyacinth
Honey bee on Crocus ‘Ruby Giant’
Pollen sacks well stocked
* The Bee’s Knees is a phrase used to convey that something is of excellent quality. It is likely to have originated from the way that bees carry pollen in sacks on their ‘knees’ and alludes to this concentrated goodness.
Bees!! Gorgeous shots of happy, busy bees!
Thanks Tina
I’ve never paused to think how bee’s knees might have come about. I’ll think of you next time I say it!
😉
Isn’t it amazing how many bees there are in our gardens even in March. I had no idea the expression was really alluding to bees, thank you.
The fruit blossom is just starting here and that is when things really get going with the bees, but open crocuses are usually the first thing I really notice them on each year.
Obviously, yours all are Do-Bees, without a Don’t-Bee in the bunch!
Yes, happily for this year. Last year some of the bees ran out of energy and needed to be fed sugar water before they were DO-bees.
Nature’s synergy!
Exactly! 🙂
Fabulous!
The splendor of spring well illustrated!
Thanks Eliza.