Nature and pollinators
Nature
Bee-friendly plants, welcoming gardens, wild bees and other pollinators: understanding biodiversity and helping it.

Contents
- 01Bee plantsTrees, flowers and hedges that feed bees all year.1 article
- 02A garden for beesSowing, planting and sheltering pollinators at home.Coming soon
- 03Wild pollinatorsBumblebees, mason bees, solitary bees, hoverflies and butterflies.1 article
- 04Biodiversity and threatsPesticides, hornets and climate: understanding threats and acting.Coming soon
in the garden
All articles
- Bee plants

Plants for bees: the best UK flowers, trees, shrubs and hedges for every season
Plants for bees in the UK: a season-by-season list of flowers, trees and hedging, what Sussex and RHS research found, plants to avoid and help for the June gap.
- Wild pollinators

Wild bees in the UK: how many species, how to recognise them, where they nest and how to help
Wild bees in the UK: over 270 species, 24 of them bumblebees. How to recognise them, where they nest, why a third are declining and what helps in your garden.
Switch world
Other worlds
in the apiaryBeekeepingGetting started, choosing hives, managing colonies through the seasons, keeping them healthy and harvesting, step by step.17 articles
inside the hiveBeesHow a colony lives, how a bee is born, which strains to choose, and thousands of years of shared history.5 articles
at the tableHoneyTelling honeys apart, choosing and storing them, the other treasures of the hive, and cooking with them.6 articles
at your serviceServicesSyrup and harvest calculators, a queen-rearing calendar and online logbooks: free tools for the apiary.8 tools