2025 - What I did today

General pottering and weeding outside, hoeing bittercress and groundsel before it gets established and dug out thistles, dandelions etc. Found some strawberry plants in the wrong place so dug those out, with a view to replanting them somewhere. Got distracted by mining bees. The fruitcage is like honeycomb with all their holes. The soil they excavate is the colour of that at least 9" down a yellower type to topsoil. Spent half an hour or more communing with the bees and watching them work and disappear down their respective holes. I have to be mindful of the bees when I'm weeding, it would be such a shame to ruin their excavations. I wonder if it's a single hole they dig or whether they branch out underground.