On Tue, 25 Jun 2013 12:10:37 +0100, mark wrote:

My bumblebees like chives, linaria, foxgloves, alliums, heucheras and
clover. Chive seems to be favourite and sweet williams least popular.
Nothing though on several big clumps of lupins. Dozens of bumble bees
but no honeybees seen today.

Oddly we haven't seen many honey bees this year either, and we're in deep
country, usually scads of them. Lots of bumblebees, though.

I wonder if the cold weather is somehow depressing the population.
Bumblebees do start very early and don't seem to be too bothered by the
cold...



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Gardening in Lower Normandy