Mike a
Drone Bee
- Joined
- Feb 13, 2010
- Messages
- 1,785
- Reaction score
- 3
- Location
- Hampshire
- Hive Type
- Langstroth
- Number of Hives
- Between 17-20
My wife was busy working away in the summer house in our back garden and looked up to see what the noise was in the garden, to her surprise she could see a mass of 50 - 60 honey bees on the flowers of our pampas grass coming and going constantly about midday. She double checked to make sure they we're collecting pollen and it wasn't a mini swarm or a late queen mating.
Normally the flower heads go mouldy but this year with the very dry weather we've had the flowers are much bigger and very fluffy. The bees are going mad for the pollen, if the flower is given a gentle shake a massive cloud of pollen can be seen.
I'll try and take a picture to add to our pollen colour chart.
Normally the flower heads go mouldy but this year with the very dry weather we've had the flowers are much bigger and very fluffy. The bees are going mad for the pollen, if the flower is given a gentle shake a massive cloud of pollen can be seen.
I'll try and take a picture to add to our pollen colour chart.