Addicted to Bees

Join Jean Vernon for an introduction to your garden bees at RHS Rosemoor. I’m delighted to announce that I am […]

Join Jean Vernon for a Bumblebee Safari at Yeo Valley Organic Gardens in 2024

Lots of great bee events for 2024 with Jean Vernon

Join Jean Vernon for a bee-focused workshop at the magical RHS Wisley Gardens in Surrey on May 23rd 2024

Taraxacum officinale You might be surprised to find dandelion in my best bee plant list, but these bright, vibrant landing […]

The wings of a bumblebee are driven by powerful muscles that facilitate buzz pollination and can also be used to raise temperature. Bees have two pairs of wings

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

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

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

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