The humble nasturtium seems to be a great favourite, I don't have much room for it on my allotment but then thought of letting it grow all over the compost heaps full of couch grass rotting down. I grew them in fiber pots then scooped out a hole, filled in with nice new compost and well-rotten manure then planted them in various spots on the heaps. Result flowers everywhere, eyesore covered up for a while and bees all over.

I've got verbena bonariensis on the go for this year as I was advised by a fellow grape this was a great attractant and a buddlea planted last year so should be good this summer. I'm planted poached egg plants everywhere as I love to see the great humming clouds of bees and hoverflies attracted to this.

What I do need to do is get more early flowers in, when it's warm the bees come out and there's not much for them. They do seem to love crocus so will be putting in more of these.

And finally comfrey does attract them, so a good all rounder.

Sue