Grow privet to help bees

3,009 views · Published 21 September 2012 · 1:44 · Indexed 6 November 2026

Channel: jonathanwallace · 2012 · Nonprofits & Activism

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Bees have had a bad time in recent decades in Britain. Some of this is down to the loss of good foraging areas. Something you can do to help bees and other pollinators is to let your privet hedge flower in the summer. Bees love privet but in most cases it is too closely cut to flower. Save yourself a job and let your privet grow.

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