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Hubby fancies a bee hive not for honey  but just to encourage bees in and stay we have loads of bee friendly plants can anyone advise what would be the best one to get please What I'd like is beehives and bees that belong to, and are looked after by

Hello, I have just moved into a new house in the south east. I have an empty border that gets lots of sun that I would like to turn it into something the bees will love. It would be really helpful as I am new to gardening, if anyone could suggest

Thought i would share this with you ! i love this photo i took last summer the bees were mad for my cosmos That is a lovely photo. I had the same thing with my Fox Gloves, the bees were mad for them too. It is just amazing to watch them buzz

some further investigation (shaking the tall grass) the hissing got louder and longer and I noticed two bumble bees emerge from the base of the tall grass. Do bumble bees hiss? Is it likely that I have a rather large swarm settling - the hissing

I now have a beehive on t'lotty, c/o a friend who is a budding apiarist. I am fascinated by the bees behaviour, and find them a very welcom addition to the patch. The biggest benefit of the hive is, besides the resulting honey, but more

I thought you would all like to see my natural bee home that I have placed in the garden it seems to be very popular and I've attached some photographs for you to have look at. It is made from a 6 inch wide plastic soil pipe packed with bamboo cut

Hi all, as most of you will already be aware, bees of all types are generally down in numbers so I thought I'd start a bee-spotting thread for 2013.  Have you seen any yet and if so, whereabouts, on what flowers and could you identify the species? I

According to the old adage: a swarm of bees in May is worth a load of hay, a swarm of bees in June is worth a silver spoon. So what is a swarm of bees in April worth? No, I couldn't think of a rhyme either.It can't happen very often, so I was very

I always get a real thrill when I find the telltale marks of the leafcutter bee on the leaves of my roses and wisteria. Sometimes I catch them in action, cutting out a circle of leaf, or flying around carrying it. It doesn't bother me to find plants

Most gardeners are now aware of the diminishing number of bees. Bumble, honey and solitary bees are all in decline. On the whole, blame can be apportioned to loss of habitat: hedgerows are now scarce, while use of herbicides has depleted food