Just got back from a holiday in South Wales. The cottage we stayed in had a large shrub growing at the shaded end. It was an absolute magnet for bees and Painted Ladies, even though it was in shade nearly all day. It was covered in moths in the evening. There must have been forty or more bees on it ...

A first for me. Lovely specimen hovering and feeding on the valerian in my North East coast garden.

Are there many about ?

Cheers, Harry