What should I plant to help my bees?

Use these seven plants to help your bees with honey production.

  1. Sunflowers. Beekeeping is a great hobby with a delicious reward: honey!
  2. Goldenrod. Honey bees harvest these bright yellow plants for their nectar.
  3. Cosmos. Cosmos is another flower that can help increase honey production.
  4. Coriander.
  5. Mint.
  6. Lavender.
  7. Coneflowers.

How do I attract bees to my garden UK?

How to encourage bees and other pollinators

  1. Fill gardens with RHS Plants for Pollinators plants.
  2. Allow lawn ‘weeds’ to flower by cutting less often.
  3. Provide water for pollinators.
  4. Avoid using pesticides wherever possible and never spray open flowers.
  5. Provide nest sites for wild bees.

What flower do bees like the most?

The 7 best flowers to plant for bees

  1. Bee balm (Monarda spp.)
  2. White wild indigo (Baptisia alba)
  3. Purple coneflower (Echinacea purpurea)
  4. Black-eyed susan (Rudbeckia hirta)
  5. Joe-pye weed (Eutrochium purpureum)
  6. Marsh blazing star (Liatris spicata)
  7. Wrinkleleaf goldenrod (Solidago rugosa)

Do honeybees like hydrangeas?

The fertile flowers of hydrangeas are small and insignificant and not as showy to our eyes but are heavily frequented by bees.

Are bluebells good for bees?

Bluebells grow well along a hedge or under trees and provide a great early food source for bees. Flowers: May to September. Plant native bluebell bulbs to give bees an early spring feast.

Do hydrangeas attract a lot of bees?

Do hydrangeas attract bees or wasps?

Hydrangea flowers are rich sources of pollen and nectar and will attract flying pollinators like various bees, flies and some species of wasps.

Are roses good for honey bees?

Wild roses provide a rich source of pollen to solitary bees of various species. This painted mining bee is gathering pollen on long hairs on its legs, rather than in ‘baskets’ seen on honey and bumble bees.

Do bees like fuchsia?

Hardy fuchsias will stay in bloom until the first frost of the year, making them a good long term source of nectar for bumblebees.

Is honeysuckle good for bees?

Honeysuckle is an excellent source of nectar for bees, and it helps them stay healthy and strong so that they can continue to pollinate flowers.

Do bees like lavender plants?

There are varying thoughts on bees and the flavor of their honey, but since bees will travel up to 6.5 miles from their hive, unless you own half the county, few hives will have honey from only one source. But, simply put, bees love lavender in bloom, as they love anything in bloom where they can get nectar or pollen.

Do bees like geraniums?

Geraniums can be helpful in repelling bees, particularly red geraniums, as bees cannot see the color red. It may seem counterintuitive that a flower would repel bees, but these flowers contain little to no pollen and have a scent that the stinging pest does not particularly like.