MuswellMetro
Queen Bee
Sadly, compared to much of the countryside in the South East, suburbia is indeed "Bee Heaven".
No great gluts of forage, but pretty much always something worthwhile.
Down here, raspberry and bramble are long past, however the bees are still working hard on the Fuchsia and some types of Lavender. Ignoring the purple Buddleia, leaving that to the butterflies.
A friend's garden had something I was told was a form of mint, flowering abundantly, and covered in honeybees (plus a few bumbles). Wonder what that is going to taste like!
The Ivy hasn't started yet
yes, hives in suburbia have collected sufficient stores but hives I help with near Beds /Herts boarder at Markyate have collected only a half a frame of Ragwort and the frames are stained yellow and smell awful