What is it?

[MrB]

Can anyone tell me what this is?

it has been covered in bumble bees!

My guess is Cotoneaster voortuin.

 

[wilderness]

Definitely Cotoneaster of some sort. Mine get covered in bumbles and honey bees as soon as it is out.

 

[Baggyone]

Still waiting for them to open here in Boston. Loads of gardens have it including the front of my house. Is it a particularly good flow or just a high sugar content?

 

[MJBee]

Yep cotoneaster - the variety that produces red berries is in flower over here as in your picture, the one that produces yellow berries follows straight after

 

[Rollo P]

Looks like Cotoneaster horizontalis. A favourite nectar source for Queen wasps,amongst other things.

 

[tonybloke]

I posted this http://www.beekeepingforum.co.uk/showthread.php?t=4611 a couple of weeks ago?