I bought one of those insect homes ages ago which nothing except spiders went near for a couple of years (much to my horror) but now ever year the leaf cutter bees use it and I'm thrilled everytime I see another hole plugged!
Hi all I have 2 young mountain ash trees 1 looks healthy with plenty of berries, the other has lots of berries but its leaves are covered in dark patches and are looking sad and shrivelling up, any ideas please
Learn to put your trust in bees. They are far more intelligent than the majority of humans - they aren't the ones responsible for putting the food source of the world in jeopardy.
Just leave them to do what they do. The good (pollination) by far outweighs the bad. After all what is the problem with a few chewed leaves, given the work that these bees do. Think bee this year and please don't use pesticides, all bees are in decline and suburbia is the best habitat available to these amazing little creatures.
I've just been watering my plants and noticed that we have some taking leaves into the wooden frame on the inside of the greenhouse again. They are fascinating to watch. Do you think that if I put an insect box up, they will relocate because we were looking at replacing the greenhouse soon.
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I bought one of those insect homes ages ago which nothing except spiders went near for a couple of years (much to my horror) but now ever year the leaf cutter bees use it and I'm thrilled everytime I see another hole plugged!
Insecticides are indiscriminate & very wrong. The 'swish away' comment just daft!
-My experience is that the bees seem to prefer the leaves of St. John's Wort (Hypericum).
S.J.W is a nice plant itself & grows very readily.
Gardeners worried about their roses might try planting some SJW around & see what happens.
Hi all I have 2 young mountain ash trees 1 looks healthy with plenty of berries, the other has lots of berries but its leaves are covered in dark patches and are looking sad and shrivelling up, any ideas please
can you post this as a new thread ? Michael 7
Learn to put your trust in bees. They are far more intelligent than the majority of humans - they aren't the ones responsible for putting the food source of the world in jeopardy.
Just leave them to do what they do. The good (pollination) by far outweighs the bad. After all what is the problem with a few chewed leaves, given the work that these bees do. Think bee this year and please don't use pesticides, all bees are in decline and suburbia is the best habitat available to these amazing little creatures.
Hi, ref my bit yesterday, no advert i promise there is a cracking mason bee home ,looks like a swiss chalet and cheap on you know where, avalook,
I've just been watering my plants and noticed that we have some taking leaves into the wooden frame on the inside of the greenhouse again. They are fascinating to watch. Do you think that if I put an insect box up, they will relocate because we were looking at replacing the greenhouse soon.
If I were you I'd contact these people and seek advice http://bumblebeeconservation.org/
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.