How to help bees: 22 garden ideas to protect the pollinators
Rachel Homer
20 May 2020
What's the buzz? How to make your garden bee-friendly
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Hack a bee hotel
Cuprinol
Embrace variety
Dobbies
Plant plenty of purple
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Find native foliage
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Become a beekeeper
OECO Garden Rooms
Create plenty of shade
Dobbies
Set up watering spots
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Arrange flowers in clumps
Cuckooland
Select single-petal flowers
The National Trust
Introduce tubular plants
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Pledge to go pesticide-free
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Make your own mini meadow
Emily Whitfield-Wicks
Let herbs bolt
The National Trust
Buy ready-mixed seed packets
Annabel James
Create a continuously flowering garden
Dobbies
Grow flowering fruits and vegetables
Dobbies
Feature fabulous nesting spots
Dobbies
Add secret hiding places
Designist
Hang a bee log
Jonathan Buckley / Sarah Raven
Leave off the lawnmower
B&Q
Buy a bee-friendly hanging basket
M&S
Download a pollinator app
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