Bee Saviour !!

Hello from the grim northeast I'm very new to gardening and I've got it into my head that the bees need saving.

I'm here for all the help and advice I definitely need!!

 

Welcome to Gardeners Corner

 

Hi Crjopo,

Welcome to Gardeners Corner

 

Hi @Crjopo, a very warm welcome from me too.
I'm a real bee lover too I'm so lucky to have some living in hubby's shed, they are such busy creatures!

I shall look forward to chatting with you around the forum, do ask anything you need to know we are all here to help you!

 

Thank you for the response I feel I'm a bit late this year so I want to be fully prepared to hit the ground running and attract the bees much earlier next year.
I'd love one day for them to settle in the garden somewhere

 

For this year you could just plant some lavender, the bees love it , I popped into a garden centre on Monday to buy some more lavender but it was covered in bees! I didn't have the heart to take it away from them! .

 

Great response guys I have put some lavender in and it does seem very popular.
Any suggestions for attracting the bees early in the season for next year?

 

Hi and welcome! I'm designing my front garden to be wildlife friendly at the moment (hopefully the back garden will be too, but I'm tackling the front garden first). I found this site helpful which suggests that you should aim for at least two bee-friendly plants in flower throughout the growing season to provide bees with food at the different stages of their yearly cycle (establishing nests, preparing for hibernation etc). Also single flowers that are really open in their petals are great because the bees can access the pollen easily, whereas fancy flowers with lots of crowded petals make access very hard for them. Good luck with your plans

 

Welcome to Gardeners Corner Crjopo.

 

Hi Crjopo welcome to GC

You will certainly get all the help you need here

Looking forward to watching your project grow

 

Hopefully I can get it to grow, I'm starting to realise there's a lot more to it than poping random plants in the ground .

 

Hi....welcome to GC.

I've got a bee garden with other forms of wildlife most welcome. If you want some plants that are attractive to bees early in the season try some spring flowering bulbs. The most popular in my garden are crocus "jeanne d'arc" and muscari latifolium. You can plant these in autumn ready for the spring.

 

Thank you for the suggestion Fern4 those jeanne d'arc do look nice. I do like the idea of filling the front garden full of different bulbs ready to erupt in spring.