Juanita Browne: Brighten things up with bulbs for bees

Plenty of tips on how to get the most out of your bulbs here — but remember that in terms of value for wildlife, tulips or daffodils are like planting plastic flowers outdoors

With bulbs, you don’t even need a garden, and can even make a bee-feeding pitstop on a sunny window sill.

If you’re looking for an easy action to take for wildlife at this time of year, why not plant some bulbs that will bloom next spring to feed our hungry bees and butterflies?

Our 101 wild bee species have undergone severe declines since the 1980s and one of the reasons for this is lack of food — because our changing landscapes contain fewer wildflowers.