No pesticides - more bees
Caroline: 'This is what I get beeing in my garden without pesticides' Most people are familiar with honey bees and bumblebees, but those who observe more closely will have noticed there are smaller furry bees moving from flower to flower. There are around 20,000 described bee species worldwide. Most of these bees are known as solitary bees with only 250 bumblebee species, 9 honey bee species and a number of social stingless bees worldwide. In Britain we have around 270 species of bee, just under 250 of which are solitary bees. These bees can be amazingly effective pollinators and as the name suggests tend not to live in colonies like bumblebees and honey bees. ' As a little head space activity I have been bee watching - something I started in lock down. This is what you get without pesticides' . (Caroline) Below are photos of some of the interesting early ground-nesting bees which were busy in Caroline's garden in the early Spring sunshine. I have also noticed many