I have been watching the bees going in the hive today - lots of bright yellow pollen (probably Himalayan Balsam) but also white or very pale grey pollen - quite small amounts. I was not sure what plant this pollen was from and it did not figure on my pollen colour chart. I have found a great page on Wikipedia all about pollen colours http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pollen_source it's really helpful.
We looked into Connie hive on Sunday and saw eggs so all is well in there and the strange collection of bees on the front of Adele hive have now gone - I was beginning to have all sorts of fantasies about losing the queen and the queen being stuck on the entrance to the hive but all seems well.
More news - my next door neighbours have been away and their brother and sister in law have been staying. Apparently the brother got pursued by bees while trying to mow at the end of the garden and said he thought there was a swarm in one of the trees! But they never said anything to us and if there was a swarm in their garden it has gone now - shame!
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