I decided to start my week of flowers by looking back to the beginning of the year. The Winter Honeysuckle is a perfumed star of our winter garden.
The plum tree opens its flowers with its own special perfume in February.
Thank you Cathy for hosting, “A Week of Flowers, 2021”.
a french garden 
Beautiful photos. I wish we could fast forward a month or two! The honeysuckle must smell wonderful, but the plum blossom must smell good to the bees too. (Do bees ‘smell’?)
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Bees do not have a nose but a much, much more sensitive sense of smell than us. Their antenna can detect very low concentrations of molecules that will lead them towards pollen and nectar. Remember, they live inside their hives in the dark so their sensitive eyes are not working whilst they are in the hives tending the larvae and storing pollen and making honey – all done by smell and touch. Amelia
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Fascinating creatures. Thanks Amelia.
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So lovely to see that the bees are once again the stars of the show!
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When I think flowers I think bees :). Amelia
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Early signals of spring–so lovely!
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It is useful to look back just now as there is so much that can be done at the moment to get the best out of the garden for the next season. Amelia
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Winter honeysuckle is just starting here, currently the bee flower star is mahonia.
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We have had lower temperatures than usual and little sunshine. I’m looking forward to a nice day to watch the bumblebees on the mahonia. Amelia
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