come to my arms, my bee-mish boy - L Carroll

umblebees are quite common in our garden just now, investigating the flowers on the buddleia and lavender, but yesterday's honey bee was a first. Bees are generally thought to fly up to three miles from their hive to find food and water, so it could have come from anywhere in a wide area.

A recent test however, suggests that it could have come from much further away, perhaps up to eight miles. Relative to their size, I estimate the human equivalent to be about 570 miles. And then they have to find the hive... Amazing.

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