Being 'bee-friendly' is quite the buzz 

Upside of pandemic is we have more time to notice nature

A question from a nine-year-old wondering what a ‘bee-friendly’ sign on a building meant, was an eyeopener. We tried to explain simply that it’s all about providing flowers and plants from which bees can remove and spread pollen, thereby helping seeds and fruit to grow.

“Pollination helps provide food for the whole world,’’ we told him. “But bees, as pollinators, are themselves short of food. They feed on pollen and nectar from flowers and we must lay on enough flowers for them to feed on.’’