A few top tips when selecting plants for bees and other pollinators:- 1. Choose simple open flowers, double blooms are difficult for bees to get their tongues into 2. Blues and purples are always popular with bees 3. Scented flowers are good for us as well as bees, butterflies and moths 4. If you noticeContinue reading “Bee good to pollinators”
Tag Archives: Honey bees
Gatwick – take note!
For nearly a decade there have been steep drops in honeybee populations. Losses have been attributed to colony collapse disorder and other pressures, including diseases, pesticides, extreme weather and habitat loss. There have been many suggestions for turning areas of land into havens for bees, even hives on top of skyscrapers. But now there areContinue reading “Gatwick – take note!”
Wildlife friendly veg
Wildflowers are not the only food source for bees and other pollinators. Quite a lot of organic, home grown vegetables provide tasty meals for you and sources of nectar and pollen for bees. In return, the bees will pollinate your vegetables, which will result in a more abundant vegetable yield for you. Do make sureContinue reading “Wildlife friendly veg”
Great British Bee Count
The results of the Friends of the Earth Great British Bee Count are in. You can see them here – http://www.greatbritishbeecount.co.uk/results.php. More than 23,000 people took part and over 830,00 bees were counted. The Great British Bee Count helps experts to assess the practical steps needed to reverse the decline in bees; to see whereContinue reading “Great British Bee Count”
Bee-ing friends with local government
As part of its Sustainable Glasgow initiative, Glasgow City Council has installed two beehives on the roof of it’s council offices. The hives are insulated to help keep the bees warm over winter. Staff have volunteered to be trained to look after the bees. Wax produced by the bees will be used as a sustainableContinue reading “Bee-ing friends with local government”
Five things to help bees
It seems that the British Government if finally catching up with the rest of us with regard to things that can be done to help bees. They recently published five things you can do to help bees. They are: 1. Grow more flowers, shrubs and trees Grow more flowers, shrubs and trees that provide nectarContinue reading “Five things to help bees”
Befuddled bees?
Ever wondered what to do if you find a bee looking particularly the worse for wear in your house? Take a look at the Friends of the Earth blog to find out is the best course of action to save a bee.
The Great British Bee Count
This summer the Friends of the Earth are conducting a bee count. If you see a bee in your garden, while you’re out in the countryside or even buzzing down the road, they would love you to tell them about it. You can download a free app if you have a smartphone or go toContinue reading “The Great British Bee Count”
A quiet month for bees?
There is often a gap in June between spring flowering plants and summer flowering plants, just at a time when bee colonies are at their peak in numbers and out and about looking for food. To ensure they find plenty of food here are some plants that fill in the June gap. Make sure youContinue reading “A quiet month for bees?”
Honey bee decline
Recent research at Harvard University, has shown that the mysterious vanishing of honey bees from hives can be directly linked to insecticide. They demonstrated that neonicotinoids are highly likely to be responsible for triggering ‘colony collapse disorder’ in honeybee hives that were healthy prior to the arrival of winter. Scientists studied the health of 18Continue reading “Honey bee decline”
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