Fancy going to a garden party where there’s no food or drink? Of course you don’t!

And neither do the pollinators.

High street retailer Robert Dyas is prompting custoers to prepare for World Bee Day on May 20th and host a pollinator party with nectar-rich flowers, clever pollen-party tricks and luxury hotels for those who drink a little too much nectar and need a bed for the night.

A third of UK bees have disappeared in the last ten years*, and 80% of the UK’s butterfly species have been declining in either abundance or distribution (or both) since the 1970s**. Without these important creatures, we’d have food shortages due to a lack of pollination, to name just one problem. So it’s important we gardeners step up and provide for the neighbourhood bee – and all pollinators.

With National Gardening Week also coming up (28th April - 4th May) and Mental Health Awareness Week beginning on 12th May, it couldn’t be a better time to get your garden into shape for the local wildlife.

High street retailer Robert Dyas has lots of gardening advice and handy products to help. Their in-house expert, Low Cost Lou, says: “Pollinator numbers may be in decline but there is something many of us can do to help: gardening! With our range of low-cost gardening equipment and live plants online, you can create a thriving bee- and pollinator-friendly garden with minimal effort, whatever size your space is.”