The temperature hit 16C locally at lunchtime - I keep an eye on the online live weather records from a network of amateur weather stations - so I set off to see what the bees were making of their warm day. Willow! You can't miss the early spring willow frenzy. They come back excitedly with huge yellow baggy trousers and heavily yellow-dusted undersides. Like on the cover of Ted Hughes' book. From an online Pbase gallery, a bee half way through pollen collection: ...
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