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No. I've never had as many. They're everywhere.
Lots of bumble bees too. Although I saw my first one dying of the year, which always makes me sad.
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Honey bees are a bit of a problem as they can crowd out other pollinators so if there are lots of other bees then it sounds great.
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Might be the area? I get a lot of bumbles, but not too many bees.
But it was the same in the other house a mile down the road, 80% bumble and 20% bee.
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Has anyone else noticed an absolute plummet on honeybees this year? I’ve got 20 square metres of wildflowers planted for them, lavender, rosemary, Passion flowers etc and barely seeing a bee. Happily plenty of bumbles (including some blue ones that I have only ever seen at the allotment) but barely a honeybee either in the garden or the allotment.
The allotment hive collapsed last year, but even so……..
Really worried.