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The bees are back and we couldn’t resist sharing some images of an early spring favourite... the hairy-footed flower bee (Anthophora plumipes). The males of this species emerge first and spotting these guys makes our hearts race for the year ahead.

It’s Friday, the sun’s out and so we couldn’t resist sharing a post in celebration of the humble sunflower. These plants are soooooo good at building the anticipation as they climb skyward and slowly unfold an explosion of joy as a flower... what we didn’t know when we sowed these was they have a hidden bee friendly secret.

Okay so... we’re getting a bit obsessed with colony cycles, particularly the colony cycles of those bumblebees who are suspected of having two or even three in a year. We’re blaming lockdown... this year is the first year we’ve had such a steady relationship with the peaks and troughs of bee activity in one small space like our garden.

The vibe here today is very weekendy and so we thought we’d share another post celebrating a plant that’s a firm favourite with bees.

This post is a break from the norm... though we’ve tried to keep the bee count up! Breaking from the norm is a bit of theme in the world right now and we wanted to share a post in celebration of small/community businesses while restating the values we wish were a universal norm.

The bee spotting life is full of surprises... took a different route home this lunchtime and stumbled across our first pantaloon bee.

We’re starting our week with a late entry for our #beesneedsweek set of posts.... in celebration of yet another plant that attracts bumblebees and solitary bees alike.

Okay so it’s #beesneedsweek and one plant that seems to appear on every pollinator planting list is the hollyhock... though we’re conscious that some of these lists talk about them attracting hummingbirds so they’re not all UK lists.

We’ve been reminded today that so many of the plants that pollinators prefer and blooming gorgeous!

We’ve been hunting around, since taking these photos of bumblebee wings, for information about why the surface of the wing has so many tiny lumps and bumps... alas we haven’t found anything that explains it yet. However what we have discovered is that bumblebee and insect flight is quite the hot topic among scientists.

It’s #beesneedsweek and time to share the results of our citizen science project uncovering the secret life of bee hotels. We’re sharing the headlines here and you can read the full article by heading over to @earlhaminstitute and following their profile link.

There’s a bit of a sleepy Sunday vibe here today and so we thought we’d share a couple of photos from our macro gadget experiments yesterday, one showing something we’ve never been able to share before.

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