broad bean blackfly

[Russell]

Before the black aphids land on my broad beans and lay their eggs, they presumably live on some other plant/shrub/tree for a while. Does anyone know what that might be, please?

[Russell]

[saddad]

Spindle...  :-X

[Digeroo]

Ants seem to farm them.  Not sure where they store them in the meantime.

[David P]

I've got some Broad Beans nest my Spindle in my garden.... as yet the black aphids are only interested in the spindle.

How do I get rid of them?

[Robert_Brenchley]

They're probably a species which lives on spindle not BB's.