image: su leslie 2020
With little rain, we have few flowers in the garden. Luckily pollinators, especially bees, seem to like garlic chives. Well, who doesn’t?
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Zimmerbitch 
This is SUCH GOOD NEWS…. I am SO GLAD for you (and the bees). Yep, yes, ja, oui, si!!!!!
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Thank you: we’re doing the happy dance here.
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Fabulous Su 🙂
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I have garlic chives, though only one flowered last year, I really must move them into a pot I think as the other plants in the bed seem to overshadow them. Another thing to pop on my list of things to do in the garden! I hope I see more bees this year too. Last year was a poor one. I did wake up a massive bumble bee the other day that must have been sleeping amongst my salad leaves – he was very furry and very noisy! Gave me quite a fright 😲
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Mine have gone mental, and I never remember to actually use them so they’re basically there for the bees 😂
We’ve just been for a walk through the Botanic Gardens in Christchurch, and seen soooo many bees. Major happy dance happening right now.
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A walk through ANY garden would have me dancing! And I always forget to use chives too 😉
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I’ve discovered they do make a good spray to deter white butterfly caterpillars.
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Lovely! I grow lots of different Allium and the bees really do love them.
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I will plant more next year I think
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Contrast of the golden bee against the flowers is wonderful, Sue! Grand that they’re back in your garden.
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Thanks Del. Yes, it is a relief.
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Great photo Su.
Leslie xoxo
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Lovely to hear the bees are thriving!
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Thanks Sue. Have seen even more today 😀
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Great!
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I wonder where they all went?
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Perhaps other places in the neighbourhood have had more appealing plants til now?
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Encouraging, I also saw a few bees dining on naturalized crocuses. Our spring arrived really early. I also have garlic chives, but they will not flower until the end of the summer. But these chives are almost ready to snip for eating raw or in cooking. Love them.
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Aww – such a lovely sight! Can’t wait for the bees to return. 😄
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It’s such a relief. 😀
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Great photo. This will be of interest to all beekeepers as if you look closely there’s a varroa mite (small brown dot) on its back. There is a suggestion that they hop onto a flower and catch a ride back to another hive! They are a massive problem for bees over the last few years in the UK.
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