How you can help bumblebees?
Bumblebees need flowers for food. If they can’t find any flowers they will starve and die. This would be terrible, so we at the Bumblebee Conservation Trust want everyone in the UK to plant lots of bumblebee-friendly flowers in their gardens.
Like us, bees need to feed throughout the year. We wouldn’t be very healthy if we could only eat during June and July - the same applies to bees. So it is really important to make sure that we plant flowers that will bloom in different seasons.
Here is a list of flowers that you could plant for each season. Download this as a pdf list to take with you to the garden centre.
March and April
May and June
July and August
You can also help bumblebees by telling all your friends and teachers about the Bumblebee Conservation Trust.
You could even become a member of the Bumblebee Conservation Trust, or fundraise for us! Ask your family to check out the Support us section of this website.
"We are facing a fundamental problem with the decline of bees and other pollinators. They have an absolutely crucial role in pollinating many of our important crops - without them we will face higher food costs and potential shortages."
Professor Douglas Kell
BBSRC Chief Executive
