The Bloggler

Whilst relaxing in our garden the other day, enjoying the fine spring weather, Lesley commented that how clean the air was, how blue the sky and how the quiet it was other than the sounds of the many varieties of birds that were visiting to taunt us with their freedom.   We also noticed how many bees there seemed to be buzzing around all parts of the garden.   At first this seems encouraging because in February, I read an article headed “Bumblebees’ decline points to mass extinction”.   The study it referred to stated that in Europe, bees are 17 percent less plentiful than they were in the early 20th century – this being due to global warming, over-farming, over-maintenance and the use of insecticides.   But thanks to the local Council not maintaining our local parks and road verges, our garden is bee central. I didn’t know but there are 24 species of bumblebees in the UK, the most common of which are the tree bumblebee, the red tailed bumblebee, the whit...