Bees help made easy – active against bee mortality

What could be more beautiful than a garden in which it blooms and buzzes? But the buzzing and buzzing of bees and bumblebees is becoming less and less, because wild and honey bees as well as wasps are becoming rarer. This is due, among other things, to the monocultures of industrial agriculture, pesticides and a lack of food sources. Most modern garden flowers beguile us with bright colours and lush flowers, but we don't help the bees with this: they won't find nectar and pollen here. In addition, more and more wild plants are dying out and there is a lack of nesting opportunities for the beneficial insects.

Honey bees and wild bees are indispensable. They pollinate fruit, vegetable, crops and wild plants. Without their tireless work, there would be neither enough plant-based foods nor feed for farm animals. Wasps are also very useful, because they need caterpillars and other pests as food for their offspring. They are therefore a natural pesticide.

Everyone has the opportunity to help bees. Even small changes have a big impact. We give you some suggestions here.

One Insect-friendly garden is an easy way to help bees. The abundance of flowers also pleases human garden users. A green lawn and modern flowering plants are of no interest to bees. The current cultivars with particularly large, double flowers do not offer any food. The stamens have been bred away in favor of appearance – pollen and nectar are missing. Put bee-friendly plants in your garden.

• Wild bees are specialists, so they need planting for the species on site. You can find out which bee-friendly plants make sense in your garden in the Wild bee cadastre .
• Refrain from modern cultivars with double flowers.
• Ideal is a Perennial bed, the early, medium and late bloomers united. A wild bee meadow is also a good idea.
• Woody plants and Shrubs for bees round off the offer. Hawthorn, sloes or dog roses are conceivable.
• If you want to buy flowers for bees for the balcony or garden in the garden centre or DIY store, only choose varieties that are flown to by the insects there.

Once the gourmet paradise is designed for bees, there is still a lack of suitable dwellings. You can help the bees if you Nesting opportunities for wild bees create. Craft or purchase a bee hotel and place it in a sunny spot (for example, on the south wall of your Karibu garden shed ).

Bees help and become a bee sponsor

The way honey bees are kept has an immense influence on the health of the colony. The Essential beekeeping does not focus on the honey yield, but aims at a healthy, resilient bee colony . For beekeepers, this means less honey and more work. With a Bee sponsorship you can help bees through a bee association or directly with your beekeeper in your area. And in return, you will receive at least one jar of the best honey per year.

Did you know that we at Karibu also help bees? On 8 colonies live on our premises – and there are more to come.

Regional food supports honey bees

Without bees, there are no apples, tomatoes or rapeseed. Many Crops depend on pollination by bees . Buy Regional and seasonal a. Prefer bee-friendly food from organic farming, which without pesticides . With it, you can help beekeepers and their bees day after day. This way, the colonies find enough food and can produce delicious honey.

Speaking of honey: Avoid honey from the supermarket if possible. This usually comes from South America or China and is mixed from a wide variety of varieties. Beekeeping there often leaves much to be desired and the end product often contains pollen from genetically modified plants. Regional honey from your beekeeper scores with a high quality. It is harvested ripe and comes from bee-friendly production. As you can see, helping bees is child's play and secures the future of all of us.