On 11/08/2013 13:21, Victoria Conlan wrote:
Janet wrote:
The bees adore the single ones but why do you find bees at the end of
the day motionless inside flowers. If you touch them gently they do
respond if somewhat lethargicly but have they caught a mysterious
disease are they just out late or are they dying or what?

We noticed this on the lavender and leek heads last week. They look
asleep. Nick seemed amused and a little surprised, but not concerned.
I'll ask him if it's normal.

Odd though, that we noticed it now and you noticed it now, so it's
obviously (maybe) not been happening before ...




We've been noticing it for years, not just in our garden, but wherever
we encounter bees, so garden centres, public gardens, garden shows, etc.

They do just seem to be snoozing. It makes us smile. Not at all sure
it's a problem.

--
Spider
from high ground in SE London
gardening on clay