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Wildflowers for bees: how to attract bees to your garden
Helen Keating • 18 Mar 2019
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Whether you’re a budding gardener or looking for a way to keep nature-loving kids entertained, building a bee hotel is a great way to attract important insects into your garden.
Who doesn’t love listening to the calming hum of bees buzzing as they bob from flower to flower during the warmer months? These insects are vital to the maintenance of our planet. This is because we rely on them to pollinate a huge chunk of the food we eat, including crops, vegetables and fruit.
Building a bee hotel is a great way to help solitary bees. Unlike honeybees and bumblebees, solitary bees live and build their nests alone, usually in tunnels, hollow stems and beetle holes. If you create a ready-made place for them to lay their eggs, it’s highly likely they will come and take up residence there. So, why not lend bees a helping hand and build them a place to stay to encourage them to visit your garden?
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Judith Garforth • 13 Feb 2019
Aside from placing your bee hotel facing south, the best way of attracting bees to your new B&B is by planting lots of bee-friendly wildflowers in your garden. Bluebells, knapweed, hellebore and honeysuckle are all well loved by bees.
Want to turn your garden into a haven for wildlife without the effort of making a habitat yourself? Take a look at our ready-made animal homes.
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