Bee Friendly Garden Australia

Most of the plants listed are native but some notably multi use ones in the rural sphere are not and there s some exotic ornamentals as well.

Bee friendly garden australia.

A well planned garden can be even better for the bees than natural bushland where the trees and shrubs may all flower at once and little may be available at other times of the year. 6 minute read. A garden of any size can contain flowering plants and if bees range over a variety of different flowering plants then they are stronger and healthier. If you want to attract bees to your garden you ll need to plant a mix of flowers making sure something is in bloom year round.

Bee friendly planting photo. Bee friendly a planting guide for. Plants from the daisy family are highly attractive to native bees and flower for an extended period of time. Bees travel up to 5 km from their hives actively collecting nectar and moving pollen from one flower to another.

When you are investigating alternatives to the use of pesticides in a bee friendly backyard you must read this article. How to make your garden native bee friendly. Here are 6 bee friendly plants perfect for australian gardens. For a bee friendly garden.

Australia s flora is varied. A planting guide for european honeybees and australian native pollinators also has an extensive planting guide for urban and rural australia. Their role in agriculture could become critical if the varroa mite enters australia where it is predicted to decimate honey bee populations. Select plants that flower right through the year.

Assist with increasing the available bee food. Monstrosa jean and fred hort. Five tips for a bee friendly garden. Now that you ve got your guide to native bees of australia and know your amegilla asaropoda from your a.

Buy a discounted paperback of the bee friendly garden online from australia s leading online bookstore. For a bee friendly garden include a range of flower sizes and shapes from tubular to shallow open blooms to cater for the diversity of native bees that range in size from 2mm to 24 mm and have both long and short tongues. Zonamegilla it s time to start luring those beautiful bundles of fuzz into your garden. Here are some tips to help you plan your bee friendly garden.

Booktopia has the bee friendly garden easy ways to help the bees and make your garden grow by doug purdie. Bee garden design criteria 20 garden preparation 22 plant selection 23.