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Planting for Honeybees

The Grower's Guide to Creating a Buzz

Of the 25,000 known species of bee worldwide, only seven species are honeybees. 

Bees and plants have a sophisticated and delicate symbiosis. In recent years, the shrinking of green spaces has endangered the honeybee. Now Planting for Honeybees shows you how you can help these delightful pollinators to flourish by creating a garden as a habitat for them.

No matter how small or large your space – from a window ledge in the city to a country garden – Sarah Wyndham Lewis offers practical advice on which plants to grow, and when and where to plant them.

Charmingly illustrated with delicate drawings, this a jewel of a guide to treasure.

About Sarah Wyndham Lewis

Sarah Wyndham Lewis and her husband, Dale Gibson run the multi award-winning sustainable beekeeping practice Bermondsey Street Bees. The advent of bees in her life prompted Sarah to research and plant vital forage to feed both hived honeybees and their wild cousins, the bumblebees and solitary bee species. Alongside her own planting projects, she has mentored the creation of pollinator gardens in many different countries. Through her advocacy for sustainable honey production, Sarah is also well known in the food world as a food writer and judge.
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  • Imprint: Quadrille
  • ISBN: 9781787131460
  • Length: 144 pages
  • Dimensions: 194mm x 20mm x 143mm
  • Weight: 374g
  • Price: £14.00