Aphrodite, our Queen Bee, and her girls live in a hive on their own patio facing east. They like to wake to the warmth of the rising sun before setting out for a hard days work! This is the first year that they have lived in the garden and they are a joy to watch. This morning they were up and about early, taking off through the cow parsley and medlar blossom into the valley below. Behind the hive The White Wood is planted the with scented, white Hesperis Matrionalis and the perrenial, blue forget-me-not, Brunnera. The bees at the front of the hive are always on the look-out for intruders. We observed them at a distance and ,whilst standing quietly, were delighted to spot our first dragonfly of the season!
