Spruce's honey bees

Pleased to hear the Bees are doing well and look forward to the next stage Spruce.

 

I've only just found this thread, absolutely brilliant Spruce! I'm designing my garden around the wants and needs of our little flying friends so whilst I won't be able to keep them, I hope I can keep them well fed! :-)

 

I'll be joining you all Armandii, just read the entire thread and I'm totally hooked now

 

Hi Yvonne
Thanks for this , I sometimes think bee-keeping is like saying you liked the group "Steps" I get the same reaction with the faces

plus any photo of bees/wasps please add on here , if you want to attract the bees no double flowers just singe anything that flowers in June is really helpful as well, bee keepers call in the June lull because of the lack off.
ARMANDII have you added master now , more pressure
Spruce

 

yes of course I can with the pressure of over 60 thousand bees in each hive when I open in the summer I do disappear to the car on occasions very sharpish sssh dont tell anyone they have off days just like us.

Spruce

 

Hi Spruce
My garden is still a total mess but I'm hoping to make some serious progress this spring. When I moved in I inherited a Lilac bush and a Mock Orange. I was thinking of removing the Mock orange until I went out into the garden during a viewing in June, just before I moved in, and it was alive with bees, up to 40 at one time. I decided to re-think my plans and keep the tree. I had Lavender, Salvia, and Delphinium in pots last summer which I have over wintered in the greenhouse.I also a Buddleia growing wild but the bricklayer killed it when he re-built the garden wall. I have plans to include Borage, cornflowers, Foxglove, Hollyhocks, loads more Buddleia and varieties of Salvia. Open to other suggestions as long as the flowers aren't yellow or bright orange :-)

 

http://www.rhs.org.uk/Gardening/Sustainable-gardening/pdfs/RHS_Pollinators_PlantList_v1

This is the best list I know off

Spruce

 

Oh heaven, an excuse to go plant shopping !!! Thank you

 

Bees love Linaria Yvonne,

 

Oohh.... so do I Jenny, thanks :-)

 

And that's before you see the state of my garden!