We have a lot of bumbles and other solo bees because the barn has old cob walls and they make little burrows in it. If you stand by the southern end of the building on a sunny day it sounds like the wall is humming
A place for them to live is the other part of the measures we can take to help - food and shelter
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Gardening on the edge of Exmoor, in Devon
“It's still magic even if you know how it's done.”
And I've got a very large garden, mostly given over to weeds and wildflowers. Most people wouldn't have the space for so many different plants. I am very lucky.
Gardening on the edge of Exmoor, in Devon
“It's still magic even if you know how it's done.”
We are lucky enough to garden on 2 acres where we keep our hives of honeybees.
I've planted big swathes of Phacelia tanacetifolia and Sainfoin around the hives for them. This year I'll be adding in some perennial chicory which they should like.
Muscari and aconites are also great early plants, and later in the year the persicarias are also busy.
Good trees for bees are lime, hazel and alder.
Did you know that a single honeybee creates just one twelfth of a teaspoon of honey in her lifetime ... and that of the 100 crop species that provide 90 per cent of the world's food, over 70 are pollinated by bees! (source United Nations Environment programme).
Bee,
Gardener and beekeeper in beautiful Scottish Borders
A single bee creates just one twelfth of a teaspoon of honey in her lifetime
Sown lots of borage this week for them planning aconites for next winter/early spring & pleased to say we have two large hazel trees with healthy catkins every jan/feb
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We have a lot of bumbles and other solo bees because the barn has old cob walls and they make little burrows in it. If you stand by the southern end of the building on a sunny day it sounds like the wall is humming
A place for them to live is the other part of the measures we can take to help - food and shelter
Last edited: 18 March 2017 18:57:48
“It's still magic even if you know how it's done.”
Bright star. It's not a competition. We all do our bit. New gardens take time.
And I've got a very large garden, mostly given over to weeds and wildflowers. Most people wouldn't have the space for so many different plants. I am very lucky.
“It's still magic even if you know how it's done.”
3857 for me....seems I have a little way to go. Have seen bumblebees and two butterfly species so far this year.
Great link Mark ... scored 5374 here.
We are lucky enough to garden on 2 acres where we keep our hives of honeybees.
I've planted big swathes of Phacelia tanacetifolia and Sainfoin around the hives for them. This year I'll be adding in some perennial chicory which they should like.
Muscari and aconites are also great early plants, and later in the year the persicarias are also busy.
Good trees for bees are lime, hazel and alder.
Did you know that a single honeybee creates just one twelfth of a teaspoon of honey in her lifetime ... and that of the 100 crop species that provide 90 per cent of the world's food, over 70 are pollinated by bees!
(source United Nations Environment programme).
Bee,
A single bee creates just one twelfth of a teaspoon of honey in her lifetime
Sown lots of borage this week for them
planning aconites for next winter/early spring & pleased to say we have two large hazel trees with healthy catkins every jan/feb
Only 2857 for me
3094 for me, my garden is quite small though but I'll definitely try improve on that now.
If you look at the chart, the average score is about 2000 so we're all doing rather well.
That's good to know Bob
In the sticks near Peterborough