Bee Happy's Plants for Pollinator's- Page for friendly advice,suggestions & links

Granny greys where I come from. Granny granshers.. never heard anyone say that.. ever!

Link to the Springwatch page where Red Admiral butterflies have increased by over 200% in Scotland according to the butterfly count.
An admiral success - but other species may be declining

 

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Lovely film BeeHappy . We had solitary bees in the caravan this summer and also a colony of small bumblebees living under a pot in the front garden .

 

It's soooo rewarding when they allow us to share their lives - it warms my heart too Lucuis

 

I've had various solitary bees this year, I had some very small ones early in the year, they was nesting in tiny holes in the summer house, at a first glance you could easily mistake them for tiny fly's,

I will try and get a picture to help identify them, from memory here in the uk we have just over one hundred different types .

 

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Excellent thread......
By luck I seem to have quite a few bee plants but I would like to add more so will be tuning in a bit more here

 

Around 270 species of bee have been recorded in Great Britain
https://www.foe.co.uk/bee-count
https://www.foe.co.uk/bee-count/great-british-bee-count-bee-identification-guide​

 

@martin-f possibly Carpenter bees there are some tiny ones of those

 

Out of all the Bee friendly plants I have Verdun the Scabious and Fuchsias ( Mrs Popple and Berry ) are the plants that the Bees love the most. There are always several Bees on each plant every time I look. Even when its raining! The Buddlejas are popular too.

 

This is possible but not easy. I have had two Swift boxes up for three years, play the Swift call cds which I acquired from Swift Conservation. So far no takers. I've had them fly in low in response but not stay to breed. It is said to work best if there are already Swifts nesting close by, like a few houses away. In my case the nearest colony is about a mile or so away. I've taken advice and this was believed to bo close enough.......maybe next year will be the year when it works for me.

 

Very important video-makes for some worrying viewing thou
But the finest case for grow your own

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Hi @luciusmaximus , the Fuchsias have been cracking for the Bees this year. I can't ever recall removing so many berries before. A particular favourite of theirs has been " Dancing Flame " , a semi double orange and pink. I think every single flower has been pollinated and set it"s berry ( and there have been hundreds ).

 

@KFF Ooooo now i haven't got THAT one - AND IM off on the hunt



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OMG just found a piccy................................no wonder the BuZZzys LUV her

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In my ALL TIME Fav colour combo too pink and orange
for posting about her KFF this is what i love about GC