Our catapillars have finally pupaeted, their cocoons are a dull green colour with gorgeous little gold flecks, not long now til we can set them free as butterflies and they will hopefully breed a whole colony in the wild.
Which brings me to my next point, we have found a nest of little bumble bees in the compost bin who have built a home for themselves out of teabag papers, which is lovely but means we will have to buy a new compost bin as we cannot disturb the little ones. It also means we will have a huge bees nest next to our house in a few months, although all bumble bees die in the autumn to make way for the new ones.
just to inform, we now have about 20 butterflies
ReplyDeleteI choose to believe that you are wrong and that not ALL bees die in the autumn ... otherwise this means that "bee-man" my pet garden bee is also going to die and I don't think that I would like that :(
ReplyDeletebut do you know neen, that you can buy little bee houses with bee fermeones that will attract other bees. you could make him a nice warm safe place to live for the winter, and you could give him a family.
ReplyDeleteHe now has a family!!!
ReplyDeleteI saw him and his fellow Bee-Buddies flying around - The Pollen Jocks!
I so want to be a bee!!!
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