Beginner3 steps
Attracting pollinators
Building a garden that feeds bees, bumblebees, hoverflies and butterflies year-round.
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Nectar calendar
Blooms from February to November.
Go deeper - 02
Precious border plants
Borage, phacelia, yarrow, lavender.
Go deeper - 03
Buzz pollination
What the bumblebee brings to the tomato.
Go deeper
Sources
- Garibaldi, L.A. et al. (2013). Wild pollinators enhance fruit set of crops regardless of honey bee abundance. Science, 339(6127), 1608-1611.
- Albrecht, M. et al. (2020). The effectiveness of flower strips and hedgerows on pest control, pollination services and crop yield: a quantitative synthesis. Ecology Letters, 23(10), 1488-1498.
- Cooley, H. & Vallejo-Marín, M. (2021). Buzz-pollinated crops: a global review and meta-analysis of the effects of supplemental bee pollination in tomato. Journal of Economic Entomology, 114(2), 505-519.