…they appear to have moved on. nest of honey bees nest of honey bees nest of honey bees nest of honey bees This is what happens when you plant a…

…off with nothing in them but this year looks more promising. Magnolia rostrata Magnolia rostrata The wild black bees whose home got felled are still very much in evidence in…

…turbine 2015 – CHWTo Buzy Bees Garden Centre on a photography mission and to try to find worthwhile and popular ‘new’ plants for next year’s Burncoose catalogue. Huge expense on…

…itself. Malus ‘Pink Glow’ Malus ‘Pink Glow’ Malus ‘Pink Glow’ 2017 – CHW Off to Busy Bees fairly awful garden centre in the rain. Crammed with coach loads. Verbena rigida…

…in Monday’s storm. Good scent and loads of bees. Unusual bark too. Styrax wuyuanensis Styrax wuyuanensis Styrax wuyuanensis Styrax wuyuanensis Styrax wuyuanensis b) Styrax japonicus ‘Fargesii’ is only just out….

…Plantation sign An old honeycomb dug out, presumably, by crows from a wild bees nest. Perhaps squirrels but would they not have chewed it up on the ground? No sign…

…I have seen these turn into clusters of 5/7 black berries so I am probably wrong. Bees and flies all over the flowers. Planted 2011. Eleutherococcus (Acanthopanax) aff. sessilenis Eleutherococcus…

…‘White Phantom’ and an application for registration will go off shortly to Magnolia Society International. Honey bees out and about foraging. Honey bees To Burncoose gardens to do a rhododendron…

…of Rhododendron decorum at its best. Rhododendron decorum Styrax wilsonii now properly out with bees in attendance. Styrax wilsonii Styrax americanus is not quite out yet beside it. Styrax americanus…

…yesterday. Perfect in one sense but not in another! gates Between the rain bees on Mahonia japonica flowers. bees on Mahonia japonica flowers The ancient Mahonia japonica on the bank…