Wild-Bee

A wildlife-centred community food project, specialising in growing edible and useful pollinator friendly plants to encourage local biodiversity.

[Wild-Bee @WildBeeBrighton]

Today's harvest, a nice edible flower salad made from some things we've planted and others that are growing wild. Forage for pollinators and lovely food us too. 🌸🐝#pollinatorplants #edibleflowers #brighton #wildbees

[Sussex ARG @SussexARG]

Help! Our most loved native #reptiles+ #amphibians are at risk of losing their basic legal protection under the #WildlifeandCountrysideAct
Summary of the issue=>https://t.co/XqKo9im7cB
TAKE ACTION NOW, write to your MP!
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📸info in thread👇

[Wild-Bee @WildBeeBrighton]

Rosa 'William Lobb' seems to love our chalky soil. It's blooming magnificently and the scent is just divine. A beautiful rose for #RoseWednesday 🌹 x

[Wild-Bee @WildBeeBrighton]

Foxgloves, bees and birdsong making their beautiful magic. We didn't get these foxgloves into the ground in time last year due to corona but wow look at them now :) 🌸🐝 #plantsforpollinators #foxgloves #wildbees

[Wild-Bee @WildBeeBrighton]

Perennial evergreen Tree lupins were the first things we planted when we took on the plot, used to fix nitrogen, as forage for pollinators and as shelter from the wind for other plants. They are over 6 foot tall and this year their scent is really amazing #plantsforpollinators

[Wild-Bee @WildBeeBrighton]

We've planted lots of foxgloves for the pollinators and also as rabbit defence for other plants. Beautiful and multifunctional, it's so lovely seeing them in bloom now and full of bees. 🌸🐝

[Wild-Bee @WildBeeBrighton]

The International Forest Garden / Food Forest Symposium is running online 31 May-4 June. Many thanks to The Agroforestry Research Trust for the generous bursary to be able to attend, have learnt so much today already! #foodforests #forestgarden #resilience 🌴

[Wild-Bee @WildBeeBrighton]

@BiolAuthorEdu Thanks Stephen :) 🐝

[Wild-Bee @WildBeeBrighton]

Our new wildlife pond is starting to really come alive. It's not totally finished yet, as we have some decking to add and lots more planting to do, but it's coming along nicely. We've found bumblebee's nesting beside it too :)🐝🦟 #pond #biodiversity #StanmerPark #Brighton

[Wild-Bee @WildBeeBrighton]

We were invited to talk about wild bees and pollination at the Blossom Tour of Home Farm Orchard yesterday by @BPTpermaculture We saw lots of flower visitors in the Beauty of Bath apple trees and found mining bee nests. Thanks for a lovely day! #blossomtime #wildbees #apples 🌸🐝

[Wild-Bee @WildBeeBrighton]

Youth drone filming session yesterday on the plot. They did a fantastic job and will be filming here regularly, exploring the space through the seasons. Check out the film they made with a fab birds eye view of the new pond! https://t.co/qQNnXE9mmD #wildbee #stanmer #Brighton

[Wild-Bee @WildBeeBrighton]

Ground ivy, often dismissed as a weed but it makes great forage for pollinators and the aromatic leaves and the flowers are edible too. (+hurray first bee-fly sighting for this year on the plot!) #wildplants #notweeds #plantsforpollinators #beefly #edibleflowers #biodiversity 💚

[Wild-Bee @WildBeeBrighton]

@PKBook22 Wow! Such beautiful shots x

[Wild-Bee @WildBeeBrighton]

@TheGreenJeanie Fab. Just ordered a copy 🐝💚 x

[Wild-Bee @WildBeeBrighton]

Abraham-Isaac-Jacob/ Early-flowering borage /Trachystemon orientalis excellent forage for early native bees, flowering now until June, when the leaves take over as ground cover. Like borage, but a dry shade perennial, the flowers and leaves are edible too! #thebeesareback 🐝💚

[Wild-Bee @WildBeeBrighton]

@TheGreenJeanie Ooh Jean I must get your book! It came up last year on our plot and it took me an age to find out what it was! I was so happy it was edible too. Perfect plant x

[Wild-Bee @WildBeeBrighton]

Some nice visitors to yesterday's (very very hot!) volunteer session. The hemp agrimony is in full bloom and bringing so much life with it. Rabbit proof and thriving even through drought and heatwave, it's such a wonderful wildflower. ❤️🦋 #wildflowers #hollyblue #hoverflies

[Wild-Bee @WildBeeBrighton]

We've had lots of butterfly visitors to the plot and are making sure to keep the wild plants growing that are attracting them. Its the last day of #BigButterflyCount so please join in if you can to help @savebutterflies get an idea of butterfly numbers this year. #butterflies 🦋

[Wild-Bee @WildBeeBrighton]

A glorious butterfly filled, car-free commute to the plot yesterday. The wildflower verges of @sdnpa around #StanmerPark are teeming with life- summer insect and flower magic! #butterflies #insects #wildflowers #biodiversity #Brighton 🦋❤️

[Wild-Bee @WildBeeBrighton]

Nature is full of surprises! Check out this absolute beauty we found yesterday on our plot- munching on some cherry tree leaves. Think it's a caterpillar of The Grey Dagger Moth?? @SussexMothGroup @btnhovewildlife
(?) Made our day- so lovely to find! #biodiversity #brighton 🐛