Our Iceplants (Sedum spectabilis 'Matrona' before you ask...) are now in full flower and are attracting hundreds of bumblebees of several different species. Now if any of you know me you will know that I have a problem with bumblebee id.
I just cannot keep those sequences of black, yellow, orange and white in my head! Some I am ok with but others just leave me in a right tizz!
So if you want bees.... plant this species as it is a real magnet for them.
A pink carpet...
A Carder Bee... I reckon on Common rather than Brown Banded...
I can do this one! A Shrill Carder Bee on a last bit of Hidcot Lavender.
All images by me
12-9-12
Howard Vaughan, Information Officer