Addicted to Bees

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

The Hairy Footed Flower Bee (Anthophora plumipes) is one of the earliest emerging solitary bees. By the end of February and into early March the male of the species climbs out of his egg chamber and into the sunlight.

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

(Ribes sanguineum) It’s not just perennials and spring flowering bulbs that are great bee plants, garden shrubs play an important […]

What’s in flower for emerging bees in your garden? This is a critical time in bee world, late winter flowers […]

The garden is starting to stir. The light is growing, the buds are swelling and the plants are sprouting into growth