In this way you offer the insects a home

Cultivate the right plants

If wild bees find no food, they do not even settle. Lots of cultivated roses, tulips, double Dahlias but also such popular flowering shrubs as that Forsythia Although they look beautiful, they are completely worthless to bees.

A wild bee-friendly garden is characterized by a rich supply of flowers from spring until well into autumn. The following are very popular with little gourmets:

• Blackberry and raspberry,
• Sunflowers,
• Catnip,
• Phacelia,
• Dandelion,
• Bellflower,
• Lavender,
• Sage,
• Thyme,

as well as fruit trees, willows, linden trees and horse chestnuts.

A cozy home

Unfortunately, many like it Wild bee nesting aids not at all for the little growler. These often contain, for example, perforated or hollow bricks that are not colonized by the animals. Holes that are too close together and fresh wood are also unsuitable.

You don't necessarily have to offer your little roommates your own "hotel". If you ensure a high level of structural diversity, the animals will find their specific nesting sites by themselves. Also leave weeds standing, do not cut back everything in autumn and do not set the edges “cleanly” with stones. Open ground with sand or a dry stone wall also offer natural nesting sites.

Attract wild bees

Various attractants are commercially available that are spread on the leaves of plants. However, these only have an effect if the garden has previously been designed to be wild-bee-friendly.

Insecticides are taboo

In an insect-friendly garden, it should be a matter of course to garden in harmony with nature and to avoid using insecticides. Even if pests temporarily prevail, you should never use these remedies. Over time, a natural balance is formed, to which a large number of wild bees also contribute.