To encourage as many species of bee as possible to use your Wildlife Garden there are quite a few ingredients to get right. Understanding the ecology of the large variety of bee species enables you to make sensible gardening decisions. BUT there are over 250 species of bee in Britain, so you are never going to get them all! You can still, however, achieve an amazing variety in a medium-sized urban garden.
Since 1999 David gradually introduced more opportunities for bee species to breed and thrive – and has devoted a lot of time to observing, recording and assessing the success of different actions.
[I will be putting up more detailed info about bees at R & S soon; in the meantime here are some pictures of the Trellick Bee Tower built in 2010 and a great success in both 2010 and 2011]:
Left and Right: the “Architect’s launch” at the Trellick Tower with children from Middle Row Primary School, Mayor of Westminster (for Trellick Tower), CSV who sponsored the construction and, of course, the ‘architects’ David and Martha.