Creating a haven for the bees
I’m not especially green fingered, though I do try. I love my garden, it’s not the biggest space, but it’s a lovely little space where we can hide away from the world, the kids can play and we can BBQ on hot summer nights. I’m not one for perfectly manicured lawns and flower beds where everything is in a row. I prefer it a little wild and natural, bed’s overflowing with gorgeous wildflowers and bees buzzing about.
Far from being a bothersome pest, the bee is a creature we need. They are responsible for pollinating 75% of the world’s crops and 87% of our wildflowers. It’s been found that animal pollination makes the tastiest fruit, and many plants need bees simply to survive.
We’ve just installed this little bee hotel in amongst our flowers, the perfect hidey-hole for a solitary bee or three. For bees looking for a little more upmarket place to stay – they might prefer The Grand Beedapest Hotel. Taylors Teas have put together this little film to help show why bees really are so important.
We’ve been watching for any bees in our garden that might be thinking about making a home in our hotel. We’re happy to see so many buzzing around our flowers every day – beastie loves watching for them too! Taylors Teas were kind enough to send us a hamper of goodies alongside the bee hotel – we’ve been testing some of their delicious fruity teas – I’m torn between the Sour Cherry and the Rose Lemonade – can’t pick a favourite! We’ve been lvoign colouring in some of the pictures in the book, and will be planting the wildflowers seeds once it’s time.
Did you enjoy the movie? Is your garden a bee haven?
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Emma
August 12, 2016 at 09:43I love the idea of a bee hotel! We get lots in our garden, especially in the lavender.
Rebecca | AAUBlog
August 12, 2016 at 10:58a bee hotel sounds like such a fun idea. We get a lot in our garden (lots of lavender and flowers) so I need to do some more to take care of them!
Steph Oakes
August 12, 2016 at 20:37A bee hotel sounds immense! Our garden is full of lavender and a million bees which I love. x
Alana
August 13, 2016 at 09:11I love your little bee hotel! We have a lot of wild flowers in our front garden so get quite a lot of bees visiting. Maybe we should get a hotel for them!
Alana x
Christine
August 13, 2016 at 10:38Might try this next year :) We have loads of lavender in our small front garden and the bees love it. Seems to keep them too busy to bother trying to come in through the windows too x
Blogging mummy
August 13, 2016 at 11:50I love your bee hotel it does look good. I would love to try this when the kids are older. Not now though as i dont want to attract bees to our garden.
Slummy single mummy
August 13, 2016 at 15:10Ooh, the Taylor’s rhubarb tea is AMAZING! Or should I say BEEutiful?! (See what I did there? I’ll get my coat…)
Adele at Beautiful Tribe
August 13, 2016 at 22:34We definitely need a bee hotel. We put together some makeshift ones but they didn’t survive! We’ve got the wildflower/overgrown thing down though!
Candace
August 14, 2016 at 10:31I’ve always had a fascinatio of bees. I wish I had some land to have a proper bee hive but think something like this will be a great substitute
Lori
August 15, 2016 at 09:35I love this! I just got all these teas too and the sour cherry is amazing! Also any campaign to help bees is a huge thumbs up in my book. x
Kerry Norris
August 15, 2016 at 23:37We don’t get any bees in our garden. That hotel is a lovely idea. My father in law has a beehive and someone comes in to look after them
Michaela Britton
August 27, 2016 at 14:09Aww what a cute little hide away for them. I don’t particularly mind bees and I love seeing them fly into the garden, resting on the flowers
Tanita
August 27, 2016 at 18:30Bees are so important. I love my garden too. I find is so therapeutic to get out there and look after it. Reading about bees has definitely reminded me I want to get some more bee friendly flowers. Lovely post and I think they will love the hotel! x x