Weeds are important to the lifecycle of the bee

Beekeeper, Mary O’Riordan discusses the importance of garden weeds to the lifecycle of the bee and in the long run, to our biosphere.

Dandelions have the dubious reputation of being one of the most pernicious weeds, pests, and a blight on all our gardens, but I implore you to hold back on spraying them or mowing them down because a whole range of garden wildlife depends on them.

A couple of weekends ago, I was travelling through counties Galway and Clare, returning from a beekeeping conference at NUI Galway, and the fields and roadsides were awash with the resplendent bright yellow of festive dandelions.