tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3946913143265151282.post1809406014782903416..comments2023-04-03T14:02:36.102+01:00Comments on Pencil and Leaf: First Bees… at last, a Butterfly and Arumssharp green pencilhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03995814359038535193noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3946913143265151282.post-43766381299017263772012-02-24T12:55:25.900+00:002012-02-24T12:55:25.900+00:00Great post. I really like bumblebees. It is snow...Great post. I really like bumblebees. It is snowing outside right now, so it will be a few weeks before the bees come out.Going Nativehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05856208193172387761noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3946913143265151282.post-65122382709822892342012-02-24T12:40:29.040+00:002012-02-24T12:40:29.040+00:00I have been seeing the first bumbles about too, su...I have been seeing the first bumbles about too, such a lovely sight. I saw one visiting some blossom. Hazel catkins and primroses are coming out to help them out. It was such a beautiful day yesterday!Emilyhttp://adventuresinbeeland.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3946913143265151282.post-30371150697883420262012-02-24T07:55:13.243+00:002012-02-24T07:55:13.243+00:00Spring is definitely on it's way to you! Photo...Spring is definitely on it's way to you! Photographed 3 bumble species in the garden today, B. hypnorum, B. terrestris & B. pratorum on crocus! Then promptly went out & bought loads of "bee plants" inc a big willow covered in pussy-willow. Hope you are getting better & shoulder improving. I know how frustrating it can be. Drove me nuts!Jane Adamshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02629361652647367708noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3946913143265151282.post-88470972059639996002012-02-24T06:50:18.304+00:002012-02-24T06:50:18.304+00:00It's really good fun to find out some of the o...It's really good fun to find out some of the odd names given to plants. Great history and a really lovely post. <br /><br />Keep your ear out for those bees, we had a massive bumbler pootling about the garden yesterday.Jarnie Godwin https://www.blogger.com/profile/02232816902329798635noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3946913143265151282.post-58258901031426905762012-02-24T02:36:21.328+00:002012-02-24T02:36:21.328+00:00The honeybees have been visiting the blackberry an...The honeybees have been visiting the blackberry and Chickasaw plum blooms here in north Florida. The male carpenter bees can be seen guarding their territories and will hover in front of me as I enter their sacred space.<br />ctAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3946913143265151282.post-7346927325498739572012-02-24T02:34:53.734+00:002012-02-24T02:34:53.734+00:00ohgoodgolly I wish it would sprynge here in the up...ohgoodgolly I wish it would sprynge here in the upper Midwest USA soon...we've got snow again today! oh Winter, you are so tenacious!<br />I came across a link to the New York Digital Library this week<br />http://digitalgallery.nypl.org/nypldigital/index.cfm<br />800,000+ images from their collections, including many of flora and fauna...and bees!<br />Cheers!moonswordhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11018438325119509873noreply@blogger.com