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Plants for bees. Bumblebee on pink chive flowers - Harry's Honey

A Blog About Bees

We are interested in all things bee and so is our blog. The biology of honeybees, the world of pollinators and plants for a bee-friendly garden - there are so many fascinating aspects to the natural world and the world of beekeeping. If you want to buy bees, find out more about the queen, workers and drones. And if you come to us for our local honey - check out some recipes!

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How do bees make honey - a honeybee feeding on a blue Phacelia flower

Feb 106 min read

Bees and Honey: How do bees make honey - an amazing process

Explore the honey making process and its surprising impact on our world

Bees and Honey Part 2 - Why do bees make honey?

Nov 14, 20243 min read

Bees and Honey Part 2 - Why do bees make honey?

Learn more about honey's essential purpose (hint - they don't make it for us!)

Lungwort, Pulmonaria or Soldiers and Sailors - call it what you like, bees love it.

Apr 8, 20243 min read

Lungwort, Pulmonaria or Soldiers and Sailors - call it what you like, bees love it.

Not every bee has what it takes to get the good stuff!

Early spring flowers for bees - Blackthorn (Sloe to you and me)

Mar 14, 20243 min read

Plants and Flowers

Early spring flowers for bees - Blackthorn (Sloe to you and me)

Blackthorn - spikes and frothy blossom - a real case of naughty and nice!

What do bees see?

May 6, 20224 min read

What do bees see?

Although we are both visual creatures, the world that bees see is completely different to ours. So, how do our worlds compare?

What do bumblebees like? Thistle do nicely!

Jun 19, 20213 min read

Plants and Flowers

What do bumblebees like? Thistle do nicely!

It's thistle time in the garden. Although some can be prickly, others are much friendlier and perfect for damp clay. Bumblebees adore them!

What's in a flower - and why does it matter?

Mar 2, 20213 min read

Plants and Flowers

What's in a flower - and why does it matter?

Flowers are beautiful to us but they are literally food and drink to insects.

Spring flowers for spring bees

Jan 24, 20214 min read

Plants and Flowers

Spring flowers for spring bees

As each day gets longer, even though there's snow on the ground, the year has turned. Spring is on the way and nature's getting busy!

When is a nettle not a nettle? When it's a dead-nettle!

May 13, 20202 min read

Plants and Flowers

When is a nettle not a nettle? When it's a dead-nettle!

Fall in love with Yellow Archangel and the Giant Hungarian dead-nettle - the bees will.

Ivy - not glamorous but great for wildlife

Nov 7, 20192 min read

Plants and Flowers

Ivy - not glamorous but great for wildlife

This unsung wildlife hero deserves more love.

Our bees are loving . . Dusky Cranesbill

May 19, 20191 min read

Plants and Flowers

Our bees are loving . . Dusky Cranesbill

A hardy and beautiful plant that bees go crazy for. This elegant geranium grows well in light shade but really shines in full sun.

A bumblebee on a pink chive flower

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