I am the foxglove king

                                    You gotta help them bees.

Centaurea cyanus

For the bees

                      Leeks left to flower are beloved by bees.

Seasons in the sun

Leek honey

                          Honey bees love these flowering leeks

Speckled fox

      Apart from comfrey, nothing keeps a bee busier than a foxglove

Early bee on an anemone

Beeteasel

Bee friendly

Clinging On To Life

This bee be here for two days, clinging on to life, refusing to cease to be a bee.

Beenapping

In an attempt to pollinate some tomatoes which are growing in an outhouse (over the moat in the east wing) I've been beenapping. There's no point using a paintbrush because of the way that tomato flowers are formed. What they need is the resonant vibration of an insect's wings - or a specialised horticultural vibrator.

Beebirdcrow

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