Winter Planting for Bees

Winter does not seem a good time to be talking about flowers and bees: our honey bees spend much of their time hunkered down in their cluster and the wild bees are either hidden away in their nests or hibernating. On warmer days, when the sun shines, however, our bees will come out and fly round close to their hives, mainly on cleansing flights. At this time they really appreciate some flowers to…