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Tag: Nectar

  • Viper’s Bugloss

    Viper’s Bugloss

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    If you only grow one thing for your garden pollinators choose Viper’s bugloss. It’s easy to grow from seed, it’s hardy and it’s a native of the UK, plus it replenishes its nectaries regularly making it a magnet for garden pollinators.

  • Bee Walks and Talks

    Bee Walks and Talks

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    Come and join me for a bee walk in a summer garden, or why not book me for your garden event?

  • Bee balm

    Bee balm

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    For a great garden plant for bees, choose bee balm. It’s a magnet for pollinators and offers copious amounts of nectar.

  • Echinops

    Echinops

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    Use the latest research to grow the very best plants to support our precious pollinators. Ongoing research at the University of Bristol has shown that one echinops flower has as much nectar as 32 cosmos flowers

  • Borage

    Borage

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    Many herbs, like borage are fantastic plants for pollinators. The flowers are generously rich in nectar. It’s easy to grow from seed and a great bee plant.

  • How to rescue a bumblebee

    How to rescue a bumblebee

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    You can help rescue a tired or bedraggled bee very easily. Either place it onto a nectar rich flower or administer bee rescue.

  • Emerging Queens

    Emerging Queens

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    The first bumblebees we see in late winter and early spring are the overwintered Queen bees setting up a nest

  • Snowdrops

    Snowdrops

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    Snowdrops are the harbingers of spring. As they start to poke their noses through the cold winter ground in November and December, it’s a message to gardeners that spring is […]

  • Male Bumblebees

    Male Bumblebees

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    Male bees are the lager louts of bee worldd, hanging around in nectar bars waiting for the girls

  • Shrill Carder Bee

    Shrill Carder Bee

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    There are a fair few rare bee species, with some literally on the brink of extinction, but few more so than the Shrill Carder Bee (Bombus sylvarum).