> Are bees the major pollinator of ivy?  Being the last major nectar source,
> the ivy around these parts seems to be covered in every type of flying
> insect left alive, especially flies and wasps.
>

Agreed that very many insects visit ivy, especially until the first frost;
but the early flowering ivy bushes are as noisy as cotoneaster and, if they are
near a hive, honey bees will predominate.  When the weather gets colder
honeybees provide the only reliable major foraging force on warm days. Of course
bees won't fly further than they need to and so ivy bushes that are now near
hives will have to rely on whatever other insects are still around.

Chris

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