I just saw two bumble bees

I saw a bumble bee too.. and a aeroplane (dunno where it was going) looked like it had just left Stansted...


Saw a pair of Great Tits in my garden, think they had their eyes on my nuts...

Seen loads this year, well more than most years and butterflies.

A lot of them around this week (and wasps).

Mr Blackbird looking in the window for me to throw him a few sultanas, off with them to the nest.

Blackbirds are so tame..had one feeding by hand a few years ago...they love sultanas and raisins.

When I was a kid, Chaffinches would feed from the hand in Hyde Park..

Loads of bees out and about when I was out with my kids earlier, plus loads of butterflies.
I must say, they are a much bigger breed of bee than when I was a lad 

"I must say, they are a much bigger breed of bee than when I was a lad"
Nope, it's same. Those are queens, the come out in spring and are huge compared to their workers. They get the nest going then you never see them again until their princesses appear late in the year for a bit of rumpy with the lads.

Apparently may be a bumper year for insects as all the unneeded cutting down of verges and so on won't be getting done, leading to loads of wild flowers actually getting a chance to grow.

That explains it then, because she certainly was so swishy in her satin and tat

Rayyyyccccists.

If a queen dies that's an entire nest that won't appear. Sometimes they come out too early if it's warm enough, they sense it and come out of hibernation, and there aren't enough flowers. If you find one in your garden struggling and there are no flowers around, you can make a little sugar water and put it in front of them in like a teaspoon or bottle cap (obviously let it chill). They'll hopefully give it a drink then buzz off.

Ok honey

Seeing loads of Orange Tip and Peacock butterflies over the last few days.

Yes - Seen a bumble-Bee for a few days, now, in my garden - and 3 or 4 Red Admiral Butterflies for well over a week, too.

All these creatures must be incredibly confused about the sudden drop in human activity

Looks like a good year for butterflies, just like last year.  Loads of Orange Tips, Brimstones, and Peacocks here in my bit of Sussex. Not so many Red Admirals here yet but they will be along in bulk soon given the numbers of others.

Brimstones are those big yellowy green things. They are the species that gave us the name butterfly from butter coloured fly. They feed on common Buckthorn - not a particularly common plant but one well worth tucking into a corner in your garden to help this spectacular butterfly

Orange Tips feed on Milkmaids (Ladys Smock and dozens of other common names) - only the bloke has Orange tips, she is fairly nondescript but pretty close up.

I've been seeing wasps for a few days now. It's way too early for them, isn't it? Can't stand the things personally but there you go.

"I just saw two bumble bees" ... sounds like the start of a bad joke.

I just saw two bumble bees go into an american bar.
Barman says to them "what you doing in here".
Bee replies "just trying to get a buzz".

I just saw two bumble bees working flowers like their lives depended on it
One turns and pantingly says to the other "our bums are the wrong colour"
Other says "why"
Bee replies "the expression is as busy as BLUE arsed fly"

I'll come back if I think of one that's actually funny

I got stung by a bee the other week, £40 for a jar of honey.

Lol keep 'em coming JC.

JC, now why is that ringing a bell?

I forgive you forgetting me on one of my feast days.

I just saw two bumble bees on valentines day heading to each other's houses with little parcels of powder in gift wrap.
I said to them "what's that, .. sherbert"?
One of them sighs to me, looks up with lovestruck eyes and says "don't you see, we've pollen for each other".

Lol JC.

My neighbour has a beehive.  Starting to get a lot of them in my garden now.  They keep themselves to themselves though.

Wasps at this time of year are probably queens which are looking for somewhere to lay eggs to form a new colony. Make sure they are not in your house or they could prove a bit of a drag.

Bumble bees are totally different to honey bees . In the uk they are usually found in small colonies housed in burrows . Honey bees congregate in thousands under eaves , holes in trees etc......fascinating creatures .

saw a really nice buttefly yesterday in the middle of my high street in south london , it landed on the pavement and i got a close up look at it red yellow and other colours had what looked like eyes on its wings , got home and looked it up on the net it is called a peacock butterfly . must be the lack of people and traffic tempting them in.

Soon, the goats, sheep and butterflies will wage brutal war on each other to see who will control the human free zones.

Wales in particular will be a bloodbath.

Foyles - you must have some overgrown gardens in your manor - Wherever you get Stinging Nettles you will get Peacock Butterflies. Sure as eggs are larvae!!