Yesterday Grey Granite read that willow catkins are invaluable in providing pollen, not nectar, for the earliest bees of the year. Today she went out in search of willows. Given that the temperature is 4 degrees C there were no bees visting the beautiful silky willow catkins in Strichen Road Park.
There is interesting information about bees on:
Dr Anne likes the web links and the references. This will be ideal for future projects.
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