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Where are you based?
My hives in NW London are absolutely bursting with nectar,I'll be spending the weekend building frames and adding more supers,there hasn't been a summer like this for years.
Pollinators are very good at avoiding flowers that have already been visited,and most flowers take 24 hrs to "refill".
My guess is they are around but maybe you aren't noticing them ?
mig-
Might be a regional thing.
I'm Hertfordshire boarder with LDN and we've had tonnes so far this year. Slowing off a little now as the flowers are changing up, but I'm sure they've just somewhere else.
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I’m in the centre of Gloucester. Definitely not a case of not seeing them, I spend hours a day in both garden and allotment.
Accept it might just be a regional thing, but still very worrying.
hugo7
RagnarHairybreeks
Now I am getting really concerned.
Home garden has loads of wildflowers and walls covered in blue Passion flowers, massive Belfast sink full of lavender.
Allotment has a sea of wildflowers - I mean seriously a ridiculous area.
I have seen one honeybee so far. One.
I’m really thinking that catastrophic bee collapse has hit this area. Lots of bumbles (and I love a bumble) but no honey bees at all. Normally by this stage in the year you’d have to beat them off with a stick.
Little bit scared…..