dolbz
New Bee
- Joined
- May 12, 2010
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- Location
- Bath, UK
- Hive Type
- National
- Number of Hives
- 2
My hive is close to a stream and on the banks lots of these pink flowers are growing and I can see quite a few bees working them.
When I first saw them last week I thought they must be Himalayan Balsam due to the pink colour and my bees were returning with pollen on their backs. After googling Himalayan Balsam it looks like the flowers are quite different and these didn't have the seed pods that I've seen described.
So does anyone know what these plants are? or am I mistaken and they are actually HB?
When I first saw them last week I thought they must be Himalayan Balsam due to the pink colour and my bees were returning with pollen on their backs. After googling Himalayan Balsam it looks like the flowers are quite different and these didn't have the seed pods that I've seen described.
So does anyone know what these plants are? or am I mistaken and they are actually HB?