honey bee

8 Mar 2025

Tasty

by JDO | posted in: Bees, Invertebrates, My garden, Trees, Worcestershire | 0

We seem to have moved almost seamlessly from winter into summer: last week I was wearing thermals and the Big Owling Coat, and today when I went off to the garden centre I discovered that I was too warm in … Continued

25 Apr 2023

by JDO | posted in: Bees, Invertebrates, My garden, Worcestershire | 0

Generally speaking, I’m about as interested in honey bees as I am in cows – which is to say, I quite like them, but I wouldn’t go out of my way to look at or photograph them, both being farmed … Continued

2 Mar 2023

Incoming

by JDO | posted in: Bees, Invertebrates, Wales | 0

We had a slightly challenging day today with the Boy Wonder – largely, I think, because I became increasingly viral across the day, and the less useful I was, the more unfairly the wrangling duties landed on R. What with … Continued

13 Feb 2023

Apophenia

by JDO | posted in: Bees, Birds, Flowers and plants, Gloucestershire, Invertebrates, My garden, Worcestershire | 0

Is it just me, or are the starlings drawing a starling here? Assuming you can see them – it was virtually dark when I took this photo, which is the last of my keepers from this evening. There’s something strange … Continued

28 Mar 2022

Cherry flavoured

by JDO | posted in: Bees, Flowers and plants, Invertebrates, Trees, Wales | 0

Poor Baby B has Covid, which means that he can’t attend nursery this week, so R and I (assuming ourselves currently immune) went over to Cardiff today to help out. To say that he’s a snot bucket is not to … Continued

1 Jan 2022

An early start

by JDO | posted in: Bees, Flowers and plants, Invertebrates, My garden | 0

What is wrong with this picture? I don’t mean technically – I can critique my own work quite fiercely enough, thanks all the same. What I mean is: it’s New Year’s Day, in the English West Midlands, and this (obviously) … Continued

30 Nov 2021

Pining

by JDO | posted in: Bees, Beetles, Invertebrates, My garden, Worcestershire | 0

I spent most of the day doing far more useful and boring things than taking photos, and it was mid-afternoon before I realised that I was headed for trouble if I didn’t get outside with the camera pretty promptly. Given … Continued

28 Feb 2021

Humming

by JDO | posted in: Bees, Flowers and plants, Invertebrates, Trees, Worcestershire | 0

R and I had another heavy session in the garden today, working on and around two overgrown and neglected apple trees. He did most of the de-brambling, and I did most of the pruning, and between us we returned them … Continued

21 Feb 2021

Bee watch

by JDO | posted in: Bees, Flowers and plants, Invertebrates, My garden, Worcestershire | 0

It begins. I’ve been on bee watch for a few days now, since I saw the first photos of hairy-footed flower bees appearing in the BWARS group on Facebook. The immediate response from one of the administrators – “And we’re … Continued

8 Aug 2020

Speed Feed

by JDO | posted in: Bees, Flowers and plants, Invertebrates, My garden, Worcestershire | 0

AOG, Day 8 The heats of the 100cm Speed Feed (Bees, Female) took place this morning at a new venue for the Games: a clump of hemp agrimony by the Wildlife Pond, which has come into flower at just the … Continued

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