Thank you to everyone for comments yesterday and to Vonnie who I think solved the mystery of the suddenly dead tree.
I sent a donation to receive this from Friends of the Earth. Not sure yet where I'll sow the seeds - I have until September to decide - but the Bee recognition chart and the lists of Bee friendly flowers for each season will be useful.
I've also sent for some Nerine and Tulip bulbs for Autumn planting - more colour for the garden.
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Sue
Sue,I only knew what it could be as I thought I was going to loose my sambucus nigra black lace last year and had to look up what they could die of. Veronica
ReplyDeleteYou certainly solved the mystery because I discounted so many things and when I looked it up it perfectly describes what happened - the sudden heat and the sudden death and the fact that Acers are one of the main plants that suffer.
DeleteThat bee identification guide looks interesting. I have bees nesting in one of my (3) plastic compost bins. Several flew out the other day when I went to put something in it and I've noticed them going in via the little door at the bottom. I'll leave them to it, and just use the other 2 bins. I don't know what type of bees they are, they're never still long enough for me to get a good look at them! xx
ReplyDeleteI've never worked out how to get good bee photos either so I'm always amazed at Simon's photos (Careering through nature)
DeleteThe Bee guide sounds interesting. I had a Bee nest at the end of my garden a few years ago and we had a man nearly who had some hives and he came and collected them the GC were interested.
ReplyDeleteI love Nerines and had a lot at the front of my house a wonderful sight. You don't see many of them about now.
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First time I came across them was at our smallholding, but the weather in the early 90's was so dry they got fewer and fewer flowers each year and then we built a conservatory on top of them!
DeleteThe list of bee friendly flowers sounds very interesting: are they similar to butterfly friendly flowers?
ReplyDeleteYes - I guess so, things early and late in the season and also easy to access pollen are whats suggested
DeleteHow would anyone ever identify a bee! I remember a bee question coming up in the Final of Pointless once and this woman knowledgeably, she thought, naming these obscure bees only to be told they were the wrong sort of bees and not what they were looking for. Her face dropped. Zoe Ball's Radio 2 Breakfast Show currently has a bee garden project on the go and a competition for children under 12 to draw a garden for bees.
ReplyDeleteI know the difference between a honey-bee and a bumble bee but there are so many others and they have all sorts of odd names. If another question comes up I'll be able to answer it now!
DeleteIt was all on bees in the Final round, they chose the subject. I can tell the difference between a bumble and a honey bee.
DeleteLook at Si's blog for bee identification - he puts on superb photos, (Careering through Nature)
ReplyDeleteI love his photos - I don't think I have the patience.
DeleteI'm currently dealing with a bee problem. Carpenter bees are drilling a hole in to my cedar and mahogany overhang on my home and building 2 nests. The carpenter bee is new to me. My builder is assisting to find a resolution and repair.
ReplyDeleteAs far as I know we don't have bees that are so destructive here
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