That sounds a bit ominous doesn't it? We have a swarm of bees in the garden, tucked into one of the apple trees and by a pesky area of bramble that needs to be sorted out (obviously not at the moment though). When I went into the garden at 2pm to put laundry out, there was a lot, and I mean a lot, of angry buzzing and loads of bees flying around the tree. By 3pm, they had all settled into a nice tight lump tucked in the back of the apple tree. This is as good a photo as I could get.
Fortunately I know people, so made a call or two and shortly a nice sounding man will come to claim the swarm and take it away to a good home. Much as I would love a hive or two of bees, we can't have them in the garden as we are too close to habitations, while the Meadow and Orchard have badgers and boar who think hives are a sitting smorgasbord of food.
This won't be a long blog as I will have to leap to deal with the bee man when he comes.
During the week I visited the village down the road which has a great restaurant - it was a very good lunch with a bunch of ladies. I did take a bit of time to look at the twisted spire on the church there - very much contrived by local craftsmen wanting to show off how clever they are.
Less obvious, but just as interesting are the faces carved under the roof line - I'm sure there is a proper name, but it isn't gargoyle, as there are no rain spouts related to them.
And another lot.
It is slightly oxymoronic to say it, but the late spring flowers are much too early this year. Lily of the valley is effectively over, and wisteria is fading fast. The first flush of irises are long gone, but some of my fancier ones are still going strong.
The red hot pokers definitely should not be out at the moment, but here they are in all their glory. It is going to be a weird year I think for flowers, fruit and other produce.
No sign of the bee orchids yet, but they are always hard to spot at first. Perhaps they will headline next week's blog. Anyway, I had better go and be ready to greet the bee man.
Have a good week!
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