Too wet to open hives/ but look at the pollen.

Bees love Ribes (flowering currant).

This weekend I had planned to invite a friend to take her first peek inside a beehive. I think it's a bit risky. Lower temp. might chill the brood.  Heaven knows, I want to give them every chance of expanding the brood nest - so let them alone.  In the garden the apple blossom is out along with the silver birch catkins and wisteria (slow).

Silver birch full of catkins - clouds of pollen

Wisteria - bees love it - what a perfume!


     

Korean Fir - this year's cones and male flowers. Clouds of pollen and plenty of resin.