Bee supportive

Pollinating insects need our help. Planting for pollinators should be a no-brainer.

A short post, but an important one.

In our local town garden there are lots of these towering plants: echium pininana, or giant viper’s bugloss.

They are huge - see the lamp post on the left for a bit of scale - and when in flower you can hear the bees and hoverflies feeding from 50 yards. They are all a-buzz. Except this year, they’re not. Walking pa…