16/08/2026
Are they having a Blue Sunday after a wild Saturday night? A young friend recently observed that blue flowers are like crack to bees!
Blue is indeed a big draw to these busy creatures. We see large numbers on the borage, cornflowers, globe thistle and these flowering globe artichoke heads. They seem to be particularly mesmerised by such beautiful displays, often sleeping overnight, head down in the artichokes, true festival style!
And apparently nature has a plan: blue flowers often have more nectar to feed the bees; and the petals have tiny patterns to guide them in whilst the bees have vision geared towards spotting the blue hue