tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3946913143265151282.post5544870047184848953..comments2023-04-03T14:02:36.102+01:00Comments on Pencil and Leaf: Bees and Herbssharp green pencilhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03995814359038535193noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3946913143265151282.post-42678700379503994222010-05-09T23:57:18.154+01:002010-05-09T23:57:18.154+01:00Blackbird thank you so much! This is an extra to ...Blackbird thank you so much! This is an extra to my original set and wanted to get both comfrey and terrestris in together and yes I do know about the nectar robbing, so this will be a nice opportunity to say something about it. Will make it clear if it does go in the show. Not all the paintings have the bees actual forage plants with them. Sometimes like the girdled mining bee it's just a handy platform to sit them on!sharp green pencilhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03995814359038535193noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3946913143265151282.post-75890574089805085742010-05-09T22:20:30.491+01:002010-05-09T22:20:30.491+01:00I do love your paintings, beautifully detailed. I ...I do love your paintings, beautifully detailed. I was a bit surprised for your bumblebee choice to go with comfrey. Bombus terrestris do feed on comfrey, but having too short a tongue to reach the nectar it lands on top of the flower, they bite the flowers and then 'robs' the nectar drawing its tongue through the hole. I witnessed this behaviour just today, a large Bombus terrestris queen, noisily chewing the flowers! The most common bumbles on comfrey are B. pascuorum and B. pratorum (B. hypnorum likes it too). I must get a photo and write more about this!Africa Gomezhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03501193251810926737noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3946913143265151282.post-54463036997468771812010-04-26T15:41:24.593+01:002010-04-26T15:41:24.593+01:00awww patientgardener so kind of you :D i've ...awww patientgardener so kind of you :D i've been rescuing mason bees which have been coming in the house and since getting a small greenhouse they enter there as well... there is plenty of exits so am hoping they just come and go :D i love your comfrey painting.. i'm a big fan of comfrey as are the bees and ants... :DRoasted Garlicioushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07556028794687730410noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3946913143265151282.post-17710524405278063642010-04-25T21:19:53.789+01:002010-04-25T21:19:53.789+01:00I'm going to echo Marcia. I'd love to see...I'm going to echo Marcia. I'd love to see what you might have for sale! :-)Shady Gardenerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05007816271406393818noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3946913143265151282.post-67828782568348277672010-04-25T10:33:46.838+01:002010-04-25T10:33:46.838+01:00PG: wonderful ! and nice to hear that the UK is h...PG: wonderful ! and nice to hear that the UK is having some heat.If you happen to have some diluted honey around that can sometimes give them a quick boost!<br /><br />Marcia: You are so kind! email on way and poster. I do hope to get prints, soonish.sharp green pencilhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03995814359038535193noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3946913143265151282.post-49208764199601744412010-04-25T09:03:20.854+01:002010-04-25T09:03:20.854+01:00I do enjoy reading your blog and discovering your ...I do enjoy reading your blog and discovering your gorgeous paintings. would it be possible for me to have info of your exhibition - just to drool over ? I can send you the money through which ever way you would like it - I really also want to buy a print or 2 if there are any available - I really do love your work - do you have a catalogue ?Marciahttp://miro-ngaio.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3946913143265151282.post-23151882543991772732010-04-24T21:03:09.977+01:002010-04-24T21:03:09.977+01:00Rescued a bee from the greenhouse today, think it ...Rescued a bee from the greenhouse today, think it was suffering from heat exhaustion. Seemed to recover once it was outside in the shadeHelen/patientgardenerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02164036792673009326noreply@blogger.com