Honey bee on Ilex cornuta
Ilex cornuta is commonly called Chinese holly.
This one is a 4 metre tree at Rowallane.
It flowers much earlier than our native holly and it has smaller leaves.
The bees were working it hard and seemed to be getting both nectar and pollen. A small pollen load, whitish cream in colour is visible here,
A new one for my Honey bees on named flowers set set
And will also go on the botanically sorted spreadsheet at:
docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1-_uJANb_oKgIZLEvm0mFjYq3W...
Honey bee on Ilex cornuta
Ilex cornuta is commonly called Chinese holly.
This one is a 4 metre tree at Rowallane.
It flowers much earlier than our native holly and it has smaller leaves.
The bees were working it hard and seemed to be getting both nectar and pollen. A small pollen load, whitish cream in colour is visible here,
A new one for my Honey bees on named flowers set set
And will also go on the botanically sorted spreadsheet at:
docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1-_uJANb_oKgIZLEvm0mFjYq3W...