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"David \(Normandy\)" wrote:

Are they just not venturing out after the recent cold wet weather or what?
Went for a walk around the garden today and not a bee in sight. The
runner
beans are smothered in blossom but no bees and no little beans. The
flower
borders are full of blooms but no bees.

David.

Plenty here, I disturbed one nest, but there's still another one in the
garden .. they don't venture out when it's cold or wet (most days this
month, and most of June), but when it's warm, the air's thick with them
...

And a very welcome sight they make. No beans setting yet, I put that
down to the bad weather stopping the bees.

PS. N.E. England

I have only had a few around here, there seemed to be a good quantity
early in the year when it was warm, but I assumed, like others, that the
cold and wet had kept them away. Anyway I have put up a 'bee tube' in
the hopes of providing some shelter.

Beryl
Cheshire.