Busy Bees Making the Most of Autumn
Returning with Pollen
During the recent winds you’d have been forgiven for thinking that there were no bees at all in the hives at the bottom of the garden. Wind, rain and bees don’t really mix so they were all hiding away in their hives and sitting out the storm.
As soon as the winds drop though they spring into action and have been out busily making the most of the autumnal sunshine. I stood there watching them for a while on Thursday and there were bees everywhere and they seemed to be returning with loads of pollen too. Some of it was definitely coming from the crocuses that I planted a few weeks ago. I didn’t realise they were autumnal flowering ones but they are flowering well already and the bees seem to love them.
I’m not sure where else they are collecting from but there certainly seems to be plenty of pollen coming back to the hives so they must have found a decent source somewhere not too far away.
Collecting from a Crocus
