nice shot of a honey bee yesterday

Naturenutz · #1 (**permalink**) 14-03-2010, 09:41 PM

Took this yesterday,thought it was a nice shot,can anyone confirm the flower is a viburnum .And a over wintered red admiral.

JRsbugs · #2 (**permalink**) 14-03-2010, 09:59 PM

Wow, that's an early Honey bee! It's collecting pollen too on it's baskets.

The flower, and stems do look like one I have, which flowers over winter in mild spells. Viburnum bodnantense 'Dawn' but there's two others from the same breeding, 'Deben' is one but it has white flowers.

Janet

Naturenutz · #3 (**permalink**) 14-03-2010, 10:12 PM

this flower is pink until when it opens up it appears white.there were 4 or 5 honeys bees on this viburnum on saturday janet.no other flowers visable nearby.only 2 honey bees today.

JRsbugs · #4 (**permalink**) 14-03-2010, 10:23 PM

Yes mine is pinkish in bud with a whitish middle when open, it also has red stems which are very upright but I get branches shooting off sideways. It is the most popular one of the three.

We had a very nice day yesterday up to 10C, today actually got to near 14C or that's what my thermometer said, but cloud and rain came in and that was that!

I have crocuses open, should be seeing some queen bumbles, saw one a week ago.

Dan Salter · #5 (**permalink**) 14-03-2010, 11:22 PM

I saw several honeybees today in my garden in Kent. Feeding among the Stinking Hellebore flowers.

Africa · #6 (**permalink**) 15-03-2010, 08:27 PM

I saw at least 4 in Hull on the 10th feeding on snowdrops and crocuses and with their pollen baskets carrying pollen (see some photos here). I though they were quite early too, but on the other hand, it's been very mild the last few days and actually sunny, I bet they were as eager as me to get out of the house for a trip!

Stinky Bob · #7 (**permalink**) 15-03-2010, 09:47 PM

Saw quite a few on Saturday giving the crocuses a good going over

Dave66 · #8 (**permalink**) 16-03-2010, 06:33 PM

You guys are lucky. We haven't seen the sun for a few days and when we did have it last week the temperature was minus 5 first thing in the morning. The temperatue is rising slowly but no real signs of spring just yet.

Dave

JRsbugs · #9 (**permalink**) 16-03-2010, 06:39 PM

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Originally Posted by Dave66

You guys are lucky. We haven't seen the sun for a few days and when we did have it last week the temperature was minus 5 first thing in the morning. The temperatue is rising slowly but no real signs of spring just yet.

Dave

We had those sort of night temps last week, frost every night even when we had sun on Saturday. I haven't checked the last couple of days but I don't think it's been freezing, days are warmer but yesterday felt cold with north winds even when it got to 10C.

Today it was spring!

I had 5 or 6 honey bees, unusual as I don't normally get them this early. Four Bombus terrestris queens on or in the crocus mostly resting, and one Eristalis tenax female on the crocus.