Far From the Madding Crowd: Bumblebees in Winter!

Sunday 22 December 2013

Bumblebees in Winter!

I have posted some information about bees in winter from the Bee Conservation Society. It is the Buff-tailed Bumblebee that continues to be active during the winter months, even when it is close to freezing temperatures or snow.

http://bumblebeeconservation.org/news/anthonys-blog/winter-active-bumblebees

1 comment:

Roy Norris said...: That is very interesting Lyn,
I didn't realise that about Bumble Bees being active in Winter.; 22 December 2013 at 17:17

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I have taken the title of my blog from Thomas Hardy's fourth novel 'Far From the Madding Crowd' which he wrote in 1874. He took his title from Thomas Gray's poem 'Elegy written in a Country Churchyard' completed in 1750. Thomas Hardy was born in Dorset where he lived for most of his life and where he based the stories in his novels. The word 'madding' means frenzied and there is a sense of freedom I get being out in the countryside and being close to nature away from the frenzied atmosphere of the towns and cities. I live in Dorset and like Thomas Hardy, it is where I have lived for most of my life, my blog is mostly about nature in Dorset. I am a member of the Dorset Wildlife Trust. I will include my garden and anything of interest about the natural world in Britain.