Hot or Cold?

The weather this spring wasn't exactly the nicest. Cold winds, rain and even snow in the Scottish highlands. Due to this; the emergence of bugs, like butterflies, was highly delayed.
Bugs depend on the temperature and weather to know when to come out of 'hibernation'. This is not the best thing to rely on in the UK. One day it might be freezing and the next it might be more than 20 degrees.

Remember the warm weather in March? Some species emerged early because of this. In April it turned extremely cold again forcing the bug species to either go back into 'hibernation' or die. The Met Office say that April 2012 was the wettest on record since 1910. The United Kingdom received about 126.5 mm of rain. Experts were particularly concerned  about the honeybees; they will not forage in cold weather and therefore might starve. However, the invertebrate population, such as slugs and snails, will benefit from this kind of weather as they like the rain. Have you noticed that when every time it rains, there are slugs and snails around?

If this kind of changing weather continues then it might lead to population crashes in some species of bugs. Imagine what life would be like without bees. No one would be able to pollinate the flowers, leaving them to die. On the other hand, it would be ok for some of us because there wouldn't be anything that can sting you while you have an ice cream in your hand. What type of weather will hit Britain next? We will be relaying on the Met Office to warn us and hopefully bring more good news; 'the warm weather will continue for the rest of summer'...