---

Peter Harvey, Essex County Recorder, with a particular interest in Andrena, says he absolutely agrees with Alan Stubbs' comments. He also told me that there has only been one record of B discolor in Essex. So far this year, I have only seen one beefly in my own garden, B major, on 30.4.06. I have at least 5 species of mining bee Andrena and at least one Microandrena currently flying. Terry Lyle, Education Officer for the Environment Trust, Tower Hamlets, tells me that he has had large numbers of beeflies this year. They are particularly attracted to his patch of dwarf comfrey (Symphytum) and the wallflowers (Erysimum) in the planters at the entrance of the park. My experience, from my own garden, is that they love Honesty (Lunaria)