When I mention Bee Happy Gardens, some people think I plant wild flowers and install beehives....... I don't.
A bee friendly garden is just a garden planted in a way that will yield the most pollen and nectar to bees, over the longest period of time throughout the year.
There are 270 species of bee in the U.K; honey bees, bumble bees and solitary bees. They all have slightly different requirements, depending on what time of day they forage and how long their tongues are!
Bees need nest sites, pollen for protein and nectar for carbohydrates.
Humans need bees to pollinate apples, raspberries, strawberries, runner and dwarf beans, tomatoes, peppers, oilseed rape and alfafa . Imagine a world without salsa and Wimbledon just wouldn't be the same without strawberries and cream.
A bee friendly garden is just a garden planted in a way that will yield the most pollen and nectar to bees, over the longest period of time throughout the year.
There are 270 species of bee in the U.K; honey bees, bumble bees and solitary bees. They all have slightly different requirements, depending on what time of day they forage and how long their tongues are!
Bees need nest sites, pollen for protein and nectar for carbohydrates.
Humans need bees to pollinate apples, raspberries, strawberries, runner and dwarf beans, tomatoes, peppers, oilseed rape and alfafa . Imagine a world without salsa and Wimbledon just wouldn't be the same without strawberries and cream.
FIVE THINGS TO BEAR IN MIND
PLANT SEVERAL OF THE SAME TYPE OF FLOWER TOGETHER. THIS WILL HELP THE BEE CONSERVE ENERGY,BY HAVING LESS FAR TO FLY BETWEEN FLOWERS
ADOPT ORGANIC METHODS
USE SINGLE, RATHER THAN DOUBLE, FLUFFED UP AFFAIRS OF FLOWERS. SIMPLE STRUCTURES MAKE FINDING THE POLLEN EASIER
IN THE AUTUMN PLANT AS MANY CROCUS BULBS AS YOUR BUDGET WILL ALLOW, ENSURING EARLY FORAGING MATERIAL FOR THE NEXT SPRING
PLANT A DIVERSE MIXTURE
PLANT SEVERAL OF THE SAME TYPE OF FLOWER TOGETHER. THIS WILL HELP THE BEE CONSERVE ENERGY,BY HAVING LESS FAR TO FLY BETWEEN FLOWERS
ADOPT ORGANIC METHODS
USE SINGLE, RATHER THAN DOUBLE, FLUFFED UP AFFAIRS OF FLOWERS. SIMPLE STRUCTURES MAKE FINDING THE POLLEN EASIER
IN THE AUTUMN PLANT AS MANY CROCUS BULBS AS YOUR BUDGET WILL ALLOW, ENSURING EARLY FORAGING MATERIAL FOR THE NEXT SPRING
PLANT A DIVERSE MIXTURE
FIVE SUPER-FRIENDLY BEE PLANTS
Mahonia
Lavender
Hebe
Agastache
Echium
Mahonia
Lavender
Hebe
Agastache
Echium
If you are interested in finding out more about bees, look up Brigit Strawbridge online; a great authority on these amazing magicians of nature.
