tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5613585301584630832.post2998603357380597655..comments2024-03-28T16:19:56.009+00:00Comments on North Stoke: Wallflowers - Cheiranthus Cheirithelmahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00934860502828923562noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5613585301584630832.post-55506190970720102482012-04-26T09:12:35.019+01:002012-04-26T09:12:35.019+01:00Never been able to see the feet of bees, but the b...Never been able to see the feet of bees, but the black one is the female the brown the male, they have a long proboscis like a humming bird....thelmahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00934860502828923562noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5613585301584630832.post-4664567224164365472012-04-25T09:31:34.088+01:002012-04-25T09:31:34.088+01:00I have looked up your bee, and found it is one we ...I have looked up your bee, and found it is one we have here too, and its common name is the Hairy Footed Flower Bee!! HFFB . . . sounds very Roald Dahl : )<br /><br />I don't have any wallflowers in the garden here now - my perennial Erysimum snuffed it in the snow of two winters back I think. You have now made me yearn for a Bowles Mauve . . .<br /><br />I love to see the wallflowers growing in castle walls.Bovey Bellehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13117332471600275100noreply@blogger.com