Loads of bees today on our hazels, they seemed to be eating the honeydew off the surface of the leaves. Honeydew is the stuff that covers your car if you park it under a tree - it's secreted by aphids.
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| This bee is loaded with pollen - doing a great job pollinating all our plants! |
They were accompanied by these ladybirds. I'm no entomologist but I think they are all Harlequin ladybirds (Unfortunately another recently colonised species which threatens to out-compete our native ladybird species);
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Later on I took a quick bike-ride out along the Chevet Branch line and came across a mass of vipers bugloss (Echium vulgare), it has stunning spikes of blue flowers which were also covered in bees.
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