This is a learning curve. Just starting a blog page and linking it to this site has been a saga. At least the answers are there to be had if you can find them and you've got the time. Anyway the blogger help group is good. http://groups.google.com/group/blogger-help
It seems that everybody else has more spare time to do this sort of thing than me. Or perhaps I'm just slow at this stuff.
The foul weather today ( and on and off for the last week, it's been more like Autumn, I really do hope we're not on for a rerun of last year's summer) has allowed me to catch up with things online. I've only had broadband for the last few months and it's brilliant, everything is now so accessible. It's still a novelty.
I did manage to catch up with hive inspections yesterday though it wasn't really a day for bees with fresh to strong winds and showers. It is amazing to see them catch up with lost time when the sun briefly makes an appearance.
The heather is starting to show but has a way to go yet. The rain today will do them lots of good. I hope the weather is better for the bees when it's in full flower, though this bumble bee was making the most of it, pictured on Cross Leaved Heath, Erica tetralix.
The other photo shows a good comparison between Purple or Bell Heather, Erica cinerea, which is the species that is quite widespread throughout the U.K. and our strictly local Cornish or Lizard Heath, Erica vagans.
We also have besides these, Cilate Heath, Erica ciliaris and Ling or Common Heather, Calluna vulgaris. These all contribute to our Cornish Heather Honey, a real treat. The diversity of wildflowers in Cornwall and across the Lizard peninsula in particular is a joy at this time of year.
