A garden is a veritable jungle of plant and animal life, if you know where to look. It forms part of an ecosystem that spreads across the city providing transit corridors for a wide variety of bird and insect life. Turning a garden into a “wayside cafe” for these travellers is an important aspect of …Read More about Garden bees gallery
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Bees in the garden
The majority of bees in the world do not live in beehives. The bees you find in the garden are most likely solitary bees or bumblebees who live either in the garden or within 500 metres of it. In Belgium there are nearly 370 species of bees. Globally there are nearly 20,000 known species. Everyone …Read More about Bees in the garden
Bees in spring
There is nothing nicer than to have the first bean flowers appear and the garden to suddenly become alive with foraging bees. Spring time is when bees emerge from hibernation and set about feeding themselves up and preparing to nest. It is the most crucial time in the bees life cycle. A vegetable garden provides …Read More about Bees in spring