Butterfly and bumble bee, too early?

Yesterday I had a beautiful bright yellow butterfly in my garden, I think it was a Brimstone. It was too swift for me to find my phone to photogragh it.
The day before there was a big fat bumble bee out the front.
Hedgehogs have been active too.

It seems much too early to me.

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I also so saw a big fat bumble bee in the garden yesterday Tess.

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I have seen a number of bumblebees on my primulas taking advantage of the sun and there is almond blossom and daffodils in abundance

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We just said in the gardening section we are finding caterpillers, snails, slugs, ladybirds, bees and butterflies already, and I have also found 4 of my tubs have the dreaded Vine Weeval.
So much so for biological Nematodes I used twice last year!

There was a sharp frost her last night again.

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Yes, here too, I wonder if the bees survive frosts?

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If they are Bumbles - they will - they go back into their dens and sleep until the next fine day. How do I know this? Because there are two of them living in my garage.

I suppose Honey bees would survive frost as well by returning to their hives. Not sure about any others.

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I love bees...they are always so busy. I haven't seen any in my garden as yet which is surprising as my neighbour has 3 hives...hope they survived the frosts.

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Tree Bumble bee- popped out when the sun was shining. Seems to come from under a pump in the garden. Sometimes gets caught out when there is sun but no food- revives with a few grains of sugar!

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Great photo.