Can you help save the WeeBees?
Many of the causes behind this crisis need concerted global effort. To varying degrees, scientists, environmentalists, farmers and others are starting to act. But there's one cause we can all do something about.
Bees feed exclusively on pollen and nectar. Yet changing farming practices and countryside management have reduced the numbers of wildflowers available to them. By replacing these, and raising awareness generally, we can together make a small but significant contribution towards saving the bumblebee.
Our gardens can provide a flower-rich refuge in an impoverished landscape, and become a safe-haven for some bumblebees. Depending on where you live, and what flowers you grow, you may attract up to a dozen species. Even planting the right kinds of plants in a window box or patio tub can attract several species.
