Humble Bumble Bees (update 3)

We have some round bobble-like flowers in the garden (anyone any idea what they are? Very tall & a bit prickly) The bumble bees love them....









interestingly, that evening I noticed each bobble flower had a bee underneath it - fast asleep. So you are looking at a bee's bedroom!

8 comments:

  1. Anonymous8:58 pm

    http://www.bbc.co.uk/gardening/plants/plant_finder/plant_pages/7607.shtml globe thistle
    vara

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  2. Unknown11:47 pm

    That's adorable!! I'm so glad you have bees. Worrying about their dwindling population d/t insecticides.

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    1. Helen Hollick9:12 am

      I'm thinking that maybe the bee population is dwindling in other people's gardens because they are all here in mine! LOL

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  3. Maureen7:27 pm

    Sorry to disagree with the above, but I am pretty sure they are Aliums - most probably the Globemaster variety.

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    1. Helen Hollick12:34 pm

      Not sure that Aliums are spiky though Maureen? The stems are quite prickly.

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  4. Wendy Percival9:32 pm

    Definitely not alliums though the bees behave in the same dozy way on alliums out at this time of the year as they do on these! Vara's right, they're called Globe Thistle, or if you want to go all Latin, Echinops!

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