Bees for Development

Listening to a Gardener’s Question Time programme recently, I heard a lady ask the experts why her shrubs are not flowering as expected: "I prune them every winter" she added. The experts explained to her the reason for non-flowering - she is diligently pruning off the stems containing all the developing buds of her much anticipated flowers.

Bees for Development practical management tips for different areas of your land, to help encourage wild flower species and pollinators.

The bird in the bush is not long out of its nest, discovering how feet and wings work, and still fed by its parents. Cars flash past a few feet away, and for us drivers, this mid-May can be the very best time of year - roadside verges are white with cow parsley, greater stitchwort, wild garlic, and the aptly named Jack-by-the-hedge (garlic mustard) - itself the food plant of orange-tip butterflies. 

A factsheet to increase understanding of what constitutes sustainable beekeeping and help you implement beneficial management techniques.

Insect pollinators: their pollination techniques, foraging behaviour and relevance in relation to crops, flowering plants, and biodiversity.

A Bees for Development factsheet providing useful information to help you integrate insect beneficial plants on your farm.

Practical guidance on planting, maintaining and restoring hedges to help benefit crop yields, soil, pollinators, and wildlife on your farm.