The queen who went in the wrong place. Today I found a mystery awaiting me at the allotment. Ever seen this many bees. And bees with pollen disappearing within their midst? Usually you might get maybe a couple of bees wandering around under the floor. I had a look through the hive to see if that might help solve the mystery. All looked well at the entrance, the bees were enjoying the sunshine after a pretty miserable and rainy week.

This afternoon my husband found a tortoise in the garden. I had never seen a tortoise like this before. I could only guess that it was an exotic species someone had bought as a pet. The bulbs are up but the sun is obscured by a thick grey blan.

Until July 2017, documenting the seasons of coastal Dorset. Click on the link below to collect the new URL.

A year in the bee garden February. In the short month of February there is little activity in the bee garden, but there is a lot to observe. Which early bulbs have emerged the snowdrops and crocuses planted in the shade beside the ivy or those planted in the lawn? Which plants are already springing up new shoots the crocosmia or daffodils? 1 What is the soil like? Remember to observe the soil i.

Feeding birds in the garden. Temperatures have dropped considerably and spring is not yet around the corner. We have had a cold spell and some lovely winter birds came to the garden to feed on the fat balls and the peanut cakes with insects are particularly popular. One of my favourite birds are long-tailed tits. Holly, Ilex aquifolium, a valuable tree for the wildlife garden. Holly, Ilex aquifolium is a tree of.

Mother nature is out to get us. The Mistaken Case of Crocodile Bile. People that do postmortem work see and hear a lot of weird stuff. The myriad ways people try to harm themselves or others is truly impressive at times.

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