Favourite
I tried to make myself feature the humongous Common Carder queen in my second photo – I really did. But you have to learn to accept your limitations, and one of mine is that however much I love other bees … Continued
Evening snack
Recalling what a good time we had yesterday kept R and me going through today’s almost inevitable physical backlash – in my case, my knees whining almost constantly How many steps?? Are you mad???, and my back harmonising from time … Continued
Day of Mourning
It took me a while this morning to realise that the Honey Bee sized bees noodling around the grape hyacinths weren’t actually Honey Bees at all, but Common Mourning Bees (Melecta albifrons). To be fair, this is about ten days … Continued
Insouciant
The sun came back out today, and brought with it the Hairy-footed Flower Bees. When I got tired of chasing them I went for a little wander up and down the lane, and on a whim veered onto the driveway … Continued
Garden lists
This morning I sat at the kitchen table with a cup of coffee and wrote out a list of everything that needs doing to bring the garden back into some kind of order, trying to divide the elephant task into … Continued
Tube feeder
If there’s anything more pleasing than having a bowl of grape hyacinths flowering on the patio wall opposite the kitchen window, it’s having two, bookending the stretch of wall like stone lions, only better. And if there’s anything nicer than that, … Continued
