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Bees and Other Pollinators

Many of our often-overlooked insects are important pollinators for all kinds of plants, including those plants we rely on like fruit trees. Pollinators are often predators too and form a vital layer of the food chain. However, pollinators are declining in number, they need help. The Royal Horticultural Society say,

This loss is thought to be mainly due to loss of habitat for nesting and foraging, and climate change.

The good news is that your garden can provide suitable breeding, feeding and hibernation places for many pollinators.

The RHS has a page where you can download lists of plants for pollinators

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Saving Polinators Assurance Scheme

The National Botanic Garden of Wales runs a Saving Pollinators Assurance Scheme which a good number of Welsh nurseries have signed up to. The scheme guarantees that labelled plants are grown without the use of peat and synthetic insecticides, and are only shown on plants that research has shown are visited by bees (including honeybees, bumblebees and solitary bees, and hoverflies).

The list of participating nurseries is here, and a list of nurseries that also sell by post is here.

Welsh Organic Wildflowers are in Abergavenny

Little Barn Nursery is in Llandeilo

You might see some labelled plants at other nurseries supplied by Grown in Wales Herbs and Ornamental Plants are a plant wholesaler that supplies garden centres, so you might see some labelled plants from here.

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The Wellbeing of Bees

Just consulting the hive .... be back soon.

 

 

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