If I were a bee, hunkered down against the winter gloom, I would have risked a short foray out into the big bad world today. The blue sky and the fragrant mahonia flowers, advertising their wares with perfumed wafts, would have been provocation enough. If I were a bee I doubt I would be one of the more restrained variety. However, even the strictest “I’ve set my alarm to spring and I refuse to leave this burrow until it goes off” type would have been sorely tempted.
Although I have been known to do a little pollination, I am of course not a bee. But still I was very pleased to be outside amongst the early blooms and the sunshine, warm and content.
Off The Edge Gardening 
Thank you for the bee – a cheerful thought
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It is always a lovely sight, seeing a bee about her business.
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I have to wait till April for a scene like this! – thx for the preview 🙂
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My pleasure! You snowy there?
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Cheered me up that bee did. No bees here yet but I’ve got some cluster flies you can have if you want. Hanging out around my bags of over-wintering pelargoniums in the attic.
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Not sure that is a fair swap John, unless you are a bat perhaps, or whatever eats cluster flies, maybe a swift or a swallow. All the same, I am sticking with the bee. 🙂
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Now there’s my problem. Cluster flies, well, cluster. They don’t actually fly anywhere; just eventually expire and drop onto the insulation below. And I cannot fumigate the attic as I have bats roosting in my cavity and cannot guarantee that the smoke wouldn’t find its way through little nooks and crannies from the attic into the cavity and harm the bats. (And I can’t insulate the cavity either as I don’t want to disturb the bats.) Investigations by people who know what they’re investigating reveal that they’re (the bats) all fellas (we have to stick together) who are resting quietly (and sensibly) as far away from the females (who hang in – not out – at the local church) as they can until they want their wicked way. They then return and hang out with me, on me or around me and we exchange man talk (except when they get into the study and drop guano on my computer keyboard which I don’t like).
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I have such wonderful pictures in my head now John. Brilliant.
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A warm sunny day in winter is do precious. I’ve seen quite a few bees here already, especially the large black Carpenter bees.
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When I see a bee I always think I must be doing something right. That doesn’t happen often!
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Mama and I were lucky enough to see a profusion of bees on the hellebores we were admiring earlier this week at the local garden centre. One or two plants may have found their way home with us but sadly no bees followed!
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Its funny how plants do that sometimes isn’t it. We quite often really! Hope you had a good birthday xxx
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Ah, flowers and bees! Yuck, snow!
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Oh dear, we aren’t in unison at the moment. Soon, I’m sure. 🙂
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Yes! The sun came out today, the temperature is rising and the snow is melting. There’s nothing quite like a thaw.
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The early bee catches the worm, so they say.
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So I have heard 🙂
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