Planting the right kind of flowers in gardens may help to halt the decline of British bees, according to scientists.
Biologists at the University of Sussex have been analysing how effectively different species of flowers attract foraging insects.
Preliminary results have revealed there is a 100-fold difference in the lure that some popular garden plants have for honey bees and bumblebees.
The best plants are the Mexican giant hyssop, which was particularly good for bumblebees, while borage was best for honeybees and lilac sage was second best.
Wild marjoram and Greek Origanum were found to be most attractive to wild solitary bees.
Lavenders such as the white Lavender edelweiss and the blue lavender grossblau were also good for attracting the insects.
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