On the run-up to World Bee Day (May 20), an initiative to raise awareness on the essential role bees and other pollinators ...

Not every bee lives in a hive and makes honey. But some of those other bees are necessary for a healthy garden. Mason bees, for instance, are small native bees with 150 species found in North America.

It’s a two-way thing, provide bees with the flowers they love and in return they make us honey, pollinate crops and make our gardens burst with colour. Flowers are the best way to attract bees ...

This guide will help you make your garden a haven for bee species. Wherever you live in the UK, you should be able to attract at least six bumblebee species to your garden, and perhaps as many as ten.