Black Pollen

                                                                                     
I read a lot about bees and their habits. One of the things I find interesting is finding out what kind of plants the bees have been visiting. This time of year abundant plants are oil seed rape, hawthorn and dandelion to name a few. One of the plants I read the bees love are poppies- in the garden only a few feet away from the hives we have a beautiful clump of big, bright poppies. They only last a couple of days before the petals begin to blow away. Today while watching the hive the bees showed in this case the books are right - at one time there were 3 bees in this flower,all covered in dusty black pollen.