Down on my allotment yesterday (2nd march) I saw my first bumblebee of this year.

just thought I would share that with you all :hihi:

Anyone else seen one yet ?

No but my kid brought a caterpillar into the house from the garden yesterday. Looks like the worlds waking up a bit early this year.

aw, not yet, but I am looking! :D

I don't want to see one... I am always scared they will sting me when I'm laid sunbathing in my bikini on the back garden :D.

Have you shared it with BBC Springwatch?

I don't want to see one... I am always scared they will sting me when I'm laid sunbathing in my bikini on the back garden :D.

Yeah I have exactly the same problem!

I know Jabbers it's terrible isn't it? Minding your own business browning your white bits and some silly bee comes and stinks you :rant:. :hihi:.

I reckon its my itsy bitsy teeny weeny yellow polka dot bikini they dont like.

Mind you, seeing a 49 year old 17 stone man in an itsy bitsy teeny weeny yellow polka dot bikini can be a bit of an acquired taste for some.

Bet your neighbours aren't too pleased at that sight either :hihi:. Bet you look like a bumble bee in that get up :D.

I know it's not quite the same, but I'm excited enough to tell you lol - I spotted our first bee this morning. It was sunning itself on one of my crocus blooms! :D I'm not up my bee's but it was something like a honey bee, or a wild bee (?)

:( Saw my first wasp today, must been a queen, it was huge and testing my shed out :mad:

Don't mind the Bee's, but I have nowt down for wasps.

It is very difficult to love em. On the plus side, they do help by eating aphids, but I'd certainly not want a nest of them.

Have you ever sat by a fence in the spring-time listening to them munching away at the wood? They seem to love brand-new untreated best, and I sat in a friends garden one spring, and saw no less than 20 munching away at the new fence to make their nests with - quite bizarre.