Thursday was an amazing day - if it had snowed or sleeted, I wouldn't have been surprised! There was sunshine, rain, showers and cloudy gloom! And the temperature didn't fall below 18 degrees. If the bees were inclined to fly at all, there would have been plenty of forage ...
bramble ...
white clover which they love ...
lots of red clover ...
which is more difficult for their probiscus (tongue) to reach. They wait for the bumbles to bite into it and then take secondary nectar from it.
But lookee here - blackberries ready to pick in July!!!
With the apple crops coming weeks early, too, now would be a great time to learn how to make pastry for yummy, scrummy blackberry and apple treats.
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