Bees are back

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In other news, following all the "where have all the bees gone?" stuff in Doctor Who I'm delighted to say that my front garden had loads of them buzzing around today, including some very fat-looking bumble bees. Unfortunately it got dark before I remembered I wanted to take pictures.

I'm reliably informed that London now has thriving bee hives which make extremely tasty honey (because there are so many different plant species around). In the country, where there can be miles of single-crop agriculture, it's apparently not nearly so tasty.