November bees in the kitchen garden

After a long hot summer we have been enjoying a mild sunny autumn and the bees have been making the most of it.  They were very active in the garden today as there are still quite a lot of flowers about.  I still have borage, viper's bugloss and dahlias in the kitchen garden and they were also very keen on the neighbour's mahonia which hangs over the fence.  It was interesting to see pollen being taken into the hives as well.  The borage bees in particular were collecting its white pollen.

Not bad for 55° North in mid November.  The weather looks OK for the next couple of weeks as well.