Make your garden a home for bees
4 h Calm
With the right flowers, your garden becomes a feast for bees. Great for pollination and easy to arrange.
Bees keep our ecosystems running by pollinating plants, and your garden can play a role in that. With the right flowers, you can turn an ordinary flower bed into a rich food source, from early spring to late summer. It costs little and yields a lot, for the bees and for yourself.
In this playbook you'll learn why bees are so important and which flowers attract them. You'll choose nectar-rich varieties like crocus, lavender and sunflower, plant them in a sunny spot and keep your garden bee-friendly by leaving pesticides alone. Before you know it, the place will be buzzing with life.
Bees are essential for the pollination of plants. A bee-friendly garden helps maintain the bee population.
Choose nectar-rich flowers: crocuses bloom early for bees emerging from hibernation, lavender attracts with its scent, and sunflowers are a rich source.
Plant the flowers in a sunny spot, as that's where bees prefer to be. Mix different varieties for a varied offering.
Maintain your garden in a bee-friendly way: avoid pesticides, water regularly and make sure there's enough sun.
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