After going out into the wild to look for bees I thought about possible ways of attracting bees to my home. I've lived in Leeds city centre for over a year and in all that time have failed to see a single bee. So I decided to attempt to grow flowers on my balcony in order to make the bees come to me.
I started by going to a site called wildlife world and ordered myself a bee attractor pack for the modest price of £4.99. The pack contained a booklet containing basic bee information, as well as an identification guide.
I also viewed an advert for a charity called Friends of the Earth, which were offering free bee friendly seeds in exchange for texting to a number and listening to a sales pitch for monthly charity donations.
The packs contained a variety of species of wildflower all known for being particular nectar favourites of bees. These species include:
Bird's Foot Trefoil
Red and White Clovers
Common/Field Poppy
Viper's Bugloss
Yarrow
As well as many more, but you get what I'm saying.
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