No bees

I haven't seen a single bee this year. I don't think I saw any last year either. On the radio, Bob Flowerdew said we need to get out there with little paint brushes and do our own pollinating, which I did today, but it was too late. The business parts of the apple blossom seemed to be all dried up. However, the ants were busy walking in and out of the blossom and so was a nice green spider.

Post script:, 6th October I have a great many apples. Lovely red sweet ones, but small, even though I took a lot off the tree a few months ago. There were in fact many pollinators in the garden, mainly bumble bees, and I have started to take an interest in them. See further posts about pollinators.