Springfield Park Bees

05/06/2026

A handsome drake enjoying snack time with his two lady friends! 🦆🦆🦆

04/06/2026

Checked the forecast, answered a bee call, found brood, packed up, and hit the road. Just another day in the life 🐝🚗

02/06/2026

Who remembers these Happy Shopper sweet bags? 🍬

A few coins, a trip to the corner shop, and a bag full of penny sweets. Simple times, great memories. ❤️

02/06/2026

You can spot the Big Eight in June 🎱🐝

Of the UK’s 24 bumblebee species, these eight are the most common. This month, many queens and workers (females) will be joined by new males 👑💼🚹

👑 Bumblebee queens begin to emerge from hibernation in spring, when rising temperatures and longer days awaken them from their winter snooze in the soil.
💤 When a queen emerges, she spends some time resting in order to wake up properly.
🌷 Once fully awake she feeds on flowers to gain energy.
🏠 Then begins the search for a suitable nest site: holes in the ground, long grass, bird boxes and beneath garden sheds.
🌼 Having chosen her nest site, the queen will feed on more flowers and lay her first batch of eggs.
🐛 Little white larvae hatch, feed on collected pollen, and then develop into adult workers.
💼 These smaller females carry out work inside and outside the nest.
👑 Queens remain inside the nest, laying more eggs for the next batch of workers.
🚹 Towards the end of a nest, males are produced and leave. They do not collect pollen. Instead, they spend their time feeding on nectar and trying to mate with queens from other nests.

What bumblebees have you spotted recently? Are you seeing more or less than last year?

🔎 Brush up on your bumblebee identification skills: https://ow.ly/ZT0i50Z1xcB

01/06/2026

What is a beekeeper doing at a construction site!? 🤔🚧

Inspecting the original builders. 🐝😂

Turns out the bees started the project long before the scaffolding went up!

Have a lovely week 😘 you all!

28/05/2026

22/05/2026

Join 10k beekeepers getting swarm alerts this season at beeswarmed.org

22/05/2026

Green spaces aren’t just beautiful. They protect hearts. Studies show that time spent in nature lowers blood pressure and reduces the risk of heart disease.