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My hardy scented leaf cranesbill is usually alive with bees. I've not seen
a single one this year.
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On 11/06/2016 14:53, Jim_S wrote:
My hardy scented leaf cranesbill is usually alive with bees. I've not seen
a single one this year.

I have a bhorder of mixed raspberries and blackberies. As usual at this
time of yearinsects are buzzing around the flowers. Most of them are
coloured as bumble bees but smaller.

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On Saturday, June 11, 2016 at 2:53:24 PM UTC+1, Jim_S wrote:
My hardy scented leaf cranesbill is usually alive with bees. I've not seen
a single one this year.
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They will be around maybe visiting early morning before you rise.
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On Mon, 13 Jun 2016 00:58:05 -0700 (PDT), kate harrison wrote:

On Saturday, June 11, 2016 at 2:53:24 PM UTC+1, Jim_S wrote:
My hardy scented leaf cranesbill is usually alive with bees. I've not seen
a single one this year.
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They will be around maybe visiting early morning before you rise.


Well they used to wait for me to rise. How inconsiderate.
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Jim_S wrote:
My hardy scented leaf cranesbill is usually alive with bees. I've not seen
a single one this year.


I've seen some on a Rosemary bush we have, but not many others.


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On 11/06/2016 14:53, Jim_S wrote:
My hardy scented leaf cranesbill is usually alive with bees. I've not seen
a single one this year.



My garden has been buzzing with bees so far this year, but I do plant to
encourage bees from late winter onwards. We have masses of the
white-tailed bumble-bee, but rather fewer of the red-tailed. I must
watch out for plants which attract the latter and get planting. Of
course, we have other bumbles and less hairy bees, as well as
hoverflies, but the white- and red- tailed bumbles are what we're seeing
at the moment.

Living on the side of a hill, I'm bound to say that most of my garden is
not very sheltered, so that is not the attraction. Perhaps you need to
plant more bee-friendly plants so you have a continued feast for them.
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