For the last few years I have ordered bees for the garden. Sounds a little weird I know. However, our native bee population is declining and I feel that I am giving nature a helping hand.
I initially purchased a small hive with bees and each year purchase a new nest. These are not honey bees, will not swarm or stay with the best indefinitely. They are purely pollinators and at the end of the life of the nest the queens produced will go their own separate ways and hopefully produce bees for the following year.
I am upgrading my hive to one which is larger, will produce a bigger colony of bees and hopefully the adaptions made to the larger hive will keep the bees happy.
Roll on May for their arrival.
