{"id":21318,"date":"2016-07-29T16:00:00","date_gmt":"2016-07-29T09:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/plant-lambs-ears-and-keep-wool-carder-bees-happy\/"},"modified":"2016-07-29T16:07:22","modified_gmt":"2016-07-29T09:07:22","slug":"plant-lambs-ears-and-keep-wool-carder-bees-happy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/plant-lambs-ears-and-keep-wool-carder-bees-happy\/","title":{"rendered":"Plant lambs' ears and keep wool carder bees happy"},"content":{"rendered":"


\nKate Bradbury\u2019s wildlife garden is less than a year old, but her lambs\u2019 ears plants are already attracting new pollinators to the plot Wool carder bees are nesting in my garden. I\u2019m proud and happy and slightly obsessed \u2013 I sneak out during the day and sit by my patch of lambs\u2019 ears (Stachys byzantina): the bees seem particularly fond of both its nectar and pollen, as well as using it as nesting material. I watch aggressive males fight each other in hilarious territorial struggles; brief, no-frills copulation; and females gathering tiny hairs from the furry lambs\u2019 ear leaves to line the nests of their young. In the evening I look for signs of them in my bee hotels. One male sleeps, or rests \u2013 if resting is a more appropriate description of what wool carder bees do at night \u2013 curled up in his \u2018cavity\u2019. As my eyes adjust in the half-light of dusk I can just make him out from deep within the hole. I wonder if he can sense me peeking in as he lies, face drawn into his belly, back to the world. Continue reading…
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\nSource : theguardian.com
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