Creating a Bee- friendly Garden

Background

There are more than 200 species of bee on the planet of earth. One of them is the honeybee, and just over 20 are bumblebees. The rest are solitary bees. There are certain species of wild bees are commonly found in your backyards. Your well-planned garden can provide nest sites and food for bees during their active period from March until October. These species provide us with an invaluable service by pollinating the plants we grow. Either you have a small or big garden these species help you to produce quality fruits and flowers for you. If you want to attract bees to visit your garden just need to grow flowers and plants. Once they identify the flowers and plants they started to arrive with other bees. They can travel 6 miles to identify the flowers and plants along with other fellow bees.  

There are hundreds of species of bee in the garden but regular visitors of the garden are seven. The famous one is Red-tailed bumblebee and this bee has the ability to make holes in the garden and in the walls. The other six common bees are a honeybee, common carder bumblebee, garden bumblebee, early bumblebee, whitetail bumblebee, and southern cuckoo bumblebee. They feed on a wide variety of flowers. During the spring season, these species help each other to find flowers and plants traveling extensively.

Creating Homes of your Honey bee

In recent times we have noticed a drastic change in overall climate situation. Even the Bee species are declining due to numerous factors. It was difficult to accept the decline of bees, but the recent research help farmers to design the garden in urban areas to attract bees.

Bees pollinate almost one-third of our crops. It is obvious that without these little bugs, fresh fruit and vegetables will become far more costly and less available.

There are several techniques to attract bees in the garden, For instance, you can make homes for bees because the Queen bumblebee seeks out places to hibernate in autumn and early winter, often in old vole and shrew holes. They then emerge in late winter and early spring seeking a place to state a nest. You can provide a cozy, safe home for them to hibernate in by creating a nest using easy and trash material. Make sure to make a healthy population around your home. Not every bee live in large colonies, only a few of them together.

To make sure these loners feel at home in your garden with bee bed and breakfast. It is necessary to pick a place where human activity is minimum and children, pets are unable to disturb them. Ideally, it is a haven for bees. Bees are sensitive species and they required water to suck pollinate to produce nectar and make your plants more productivity. Bees are very helpful to produce quality fruits. They help us to produce an abundance of fruits if we design the environment to fly and suck freely. The bumblebee has a unique living structure where Queen is the head of the tribe and rest are the working drones. Each drone assigned to collect the food for the queen. These species motivate us to bring unity and hardworking to grow the community.

Bee Board -You can use the old piece of lumber and drill tiny holes. Ensure that the lumber has not been treated with chemicals. Fix the board where it is dry and cool in the winter and also sheltered from the rain. Making a little roof is recommended if you don’t have a suitable place. You can take them into your garage and storeroom in the winter to prevent them from getting wet. Make sure the place is completely dry and wet.

Provide shelter- Bumblebees are always attracted to the sheltered and shady corners. Include a few upturned/broken plant pots with some points of entry for added shelter.

Plant for the season- To attract more bees grow flowers in every season. It is also important to grow a variety of flowers and plants to attract bees. If you successfully grow enough flowers and plants then you have hundred Bees daily visits in your garden.

Find the right flowers- Many plants have been bred to have lots of petals, but these make it hard to access the nectar. So go for more open plants. The RHS Perfect for pollinators tags are helpful and also look out for those that are already attracting bees.

Get Potting- If you have a small garden, consider planting seasonal containers with bee-friendly plants. If you want to create nest sites for solitary bees, you can use the bamboo canes into the soil.

Avoid pesticides- Pesticides are harmful to your bumblebees.

Provide a source of water- Install a small water basin and ensure the fill of water daily. Bees also need water.

Today, honey bees face two biggest challenges, i.e. lack of food and space. Though bees need natural meadows to forage for food, urban gardens do provide an important supplemental source of food. If you want to feed the bees and help them keep healthy, plant the following plants in your garden. Trees and Hedging plants are in flowers can be a good food source of bees. Hedges can also provide the best nesting sites.

• Purple flowers
• Mints
• Herbaceous perennials
• Single flowers
• Native flowering species
• Tubular flowers

If you have a large garden, you may be able to support a small bee colony yourself. You can do this even in an urban garden, no law forbids it (although it's probably a good idea to notify your neighbors). It is very important to familiarize yourself with beekeeping legislation to ensure your beekeeping practices comply with all the regulations. Above all, you'll need to be prepared to be patient, as beekeeping is a painstaking, long-term process. Maintain your garden equipment’s to provide a favorable environment for Bees. Finally, make sure you aren't allergic to bee stings, as you will definitely get stung at some point; have no fear, as bees are not aggressive unless they feel threatened.  If the effort involved doesn't put you off, beekeeping can be highly rewarding and fun. You can start by reading a book about beekeeping to see if you want to pursue it further. If you love to grow organic Agri products then honey is the one other them.