Bumblebee

[Jayb]

I saw my first bumblebee of the year today, a very big black one with a white bum! Hope she likes snowdrops and dafodills 

[Flighty]

Lucky you! I saw honey bees on my white crocus yesterday. 

[Robert_Brenchley]

I haven't seen a bumblebee yet, or a honeybee foraging for that matter. I've seen them out for poo flights and that's all.

[Jayb]

I've seen them out for poo flights and that's all.

I may regret asking    but will you explain a little more?

[Robert_Brenchley]

In summer, all the young bees come out once a day to fly around, get their bearings, and have a poo if they need to. In winter, there are long periods when it's too cold to fly, but they nip out on mild days, circle round a bit, and go. If they start going in the hive, it's a sign that there's something wrong.

[Jayb]

Ah thank you, makes sense. I'm not sure its the same though similar, nest animals and non, eg pigs-horses.

[amphibian]

I saw my first bumblebee of the year today, a very big black one with a white bum! Hope she likes snowdrops and dafodills 

We don't even have dafs yet, let alone bumblebees.

[Jayb]

It’s all so bizarre, although it’s been quite cold we have had little of the extremes of weather much of the country has had. Possibly because I’m on a peninsular? Our weather seemed very localised, last summer, missed most of any sunshine and had rain and rain and some more rain!