I have a rowan tree which this year put on a lot of its tiny flowers. Bees were swarming all over...every and all day! Also bumble bees loved my rhododendrons and my geraniums and I have 7 penstemon plants just coming into bud, ready to take over until second flush of geraniums. I have seen more bees this year than ever before.We have a grand 9ft high 60ft long privet hedge which is humming and chirruping with wildlife..so dont get rid of your hedge for a wall.
On our allotment we grow veg and keep chickens. Started with 6, now we have 26 as it's addictive. Re Bee/Butterflies decline, never seen so many as this year. Butterflies everywhere on allotment. Obviously everyone's efforts helping. We have Foxgloves, Lavender & Fuschia which they're loving. One of our fellow garderners has two bee hives which are really easy to look after. We're considering doing the same. Collecting our own honey sounds YUMMY! TraceyLooLoo
We purchased a Bumblebee nest box this year and placed it under our Buddleia, fingers crossed.After reading your plant list for bees we were happy to see we had ten of the plants suggested but will be purchasing more this weekend.They are one off the true sounds off an English summer.
Environmental charity Central Scotland Forest Trust is giving away packs of wildflower seeds to residents of the Central Scotland Forest to help provide habitats for bumblebees. Visit www.savetheweebees.org to register for your free pack of seeds. Limited stocks available. Please include your full name and address including postcode. Giveaway limited to residents of the Central Scotland Forest area - includes North Lanarkshire, South Lanarkshire, East Dunbartonshire, Falkirk & West Lothian.
The bees always love my Azalea in the spring and ox-eyed daisies with many varieties of Buddleia in the summer.....i too am planting to encourage all wild life to my rambling garden!
I have loads of flowers for butterflies and bees, I also grow runner beans in large pots the bees love the flowers. my garden backs on to the railway and there are loads of stinging nettles on the bank, but I hasten to add that the other houses in our road don't cater for creatures at all, am I fighting a loosing battle.
There's a link to the Bumblebee Conservation Trust at the bottom of this original article. Do look there for sensible advice on planting for bumblebees.
I can certainly vouch for pulmonaria as bee-ing popular with our furry friends; I planted one recently and had a bumble bee visit before I'd even watered it in! Un-bee-lievable! Enough bad jokes, I'll buzz off now (sorry couldn't resist).
they've actually figured out one of the reasons why bee population has declined, and it's because of use of pesticides! i just started my first garden, and i'm also trying to plant flowers for bees.
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