The queen will lay and look after her own eggs, as opposed to relying on worker bees like her more social relatives. These bees will likely find a home burrowed underground, or in old dead wood or brickwork. The other type of bees are called solitary. Bumblebees tend to be in smaller group of around 100.
The honey bee is perhaps the most social, and can live in colonies made up of tens of thousands of individual bees. These social bees live in large groups, usually in hives. Some of them will be social bees, like the honey-bee or bumblebee. There are a variety of different types of bee that we’ll be familiar with seeing. They’re all important pollinators and all have different characteristics, needs and conditions we can help with when it comes to gardening. Bee numbers have been declining at an alarming rate in recent years and it’s more important than ever for us to make sure our gardens are bee friendly.īees, wasps and hoverflies are just few of the broader names, of the many similar insects which inhabit our outdoor spaces.
