Honey Bees where are they?

[nightshade]

The nice warm weather has brought allsorts into the garden, including me but I have seen no Honey Bees.
Previously I have watched them going around in company with the Bumbles and Hoverflies especially on my couple of apple trees and my neighbours
splendiferous tree. To date I have not seen one.

[nightshade]

Good idea Wild flower re-planting to boost bee numbers - Telegraph

[eucera]

The honeybees are probably where the beekeepers put them. An absence is quite probaly due to a lack of beekeeping where you live

[Hedera]

The fruit harvest will suffer this year, we'll be relying on the osmia rufas and suchlike to a greater extent. This last winter has played havoc with colonies the hives are weakened or dead and very few are flying for forage. If the queen has been killed it will take some time to establish a new one and rebuild the colony. Numbers of dead bees have been cleared out of the hives by the workers left.

[Dogghound]

Anecdotally the best year for the past five years here, seen loads. There were hardly any last year so it sounds local.

[Meta menardi]

The garden is full of them here (Malton, N Yorkshire), and bumble bees too.

[Matt Smith]

My beehive has been very busy over the last couple of weeks of warm weather.

[paulinemiller10]

I have had loads of honeybees on the skimmia Nightshade, but the bumbles are not keen on it, I wonder if these honeybees are wild, or if they are from a hive, they managed to take quite a lot of food from the bumble feeder last year. Pauline.

[Matt Smith]

Almost certainly the honeybees you see in your garden are from a hive, not a wild nest.

[minxski]

Originally Posted by nightshade

Good idea Wild flower re-planting to boost bee numbers - Telegraph

100% a fantastic idea, the Co-op are just an amazing company.