Seems early for grapes. But these seedless eaters are really sweet and juicy. Admittedly, they were grown in the greenhouse, but the first bunch of many to come. Delicious!
Tag: July
Bees are out collecting the summer honey
The weather has not been bad or good, but the bees are out at every opportunity.
The summer flowers are blossoming, and we are hoping for a good honey harvest come August!
Bees are all over our New Zealand Flax Flowers
This year, in our garden (North Devon, UK), the New Zealand Flax’s have sent up some beautiful long flower spikes with small tubular flowers delicately displaying in reds and oranges.
The anthers protrude from the top of the tubular flower. Here the high protein orange coloured pollen can be collected by the bee.
But where the bees seem to spend mot of their time is climbing right into the flower to collect the nectar.
