Addicted to Bees

On Friday February 5th 2021 my new bee book , The Secret Lives of Garden Bees was listed as a Best Seller on the Amazon Website.

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

Snowdrops are the harbingers of spring. As they start to poke their noses through the cold winter ground in November […]

Look out for honeybees feeding on your winter flowering shrubs and early flowering plants.

Look out for winter active bumblebees in your garden and report your findings to BWARS

In November 2020, Jean Vernon was awarded a very prestigious award from The Garden Media Guild for her writing about bees

Plant some winter flowering mahonia for nectar rich winter flowers to feed bees and other pollinators says Jean Vernon

Let ivy grow in the garden to support pollinators and other wildlife

As autumn arrives the UK’s last emerging solitary bee appears in our gardens feeding on the common ivy that clothes our walls and houses

For a great bee plant in late summer look no further than the purple cone flower