Bee Palace

11 things you should know about the Red Mason Bee

May 30th, 2017

Male_red_mason_bee_(Osmia_bicornis),_Sandy,_Bedfordshire_(8694209006)

When you say ‘bee’ chances are most of us immediately think of honey or the almost-cuddly bumble bee, but in fact the world of our favourite pollinators is considerably more diverse. There is just one species of honeybee, 27 known bumblebee types, yet more than 250 different species of other, solitary bees, of which the Red Mason bee is one. Read the rest of this entry »

 

 

Plant this now for Pollinators: alliums

May 15th, 2017

Plant this now for pollinators (5)

 

 

Heritage orchards: the ultimate bee-friendly forage

May 1st, 2017

local fruits come in all colours and shapes

When we started beepalace, one of the statistics that we found truly mind-boggling was that it can take around 20,000 honey bees to pollinate an acre of apple orchard but just 250 solitary bees. Isn’t that amazing? Read the rest of this entry »

 

 

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