You may also wish to create an insect hotel for your pollinators. This could be in the form of a bee or bug hotel – which can be made yourself using some wood, a couple of old bricks with air holes, some straw or dried grass cuttings, Bamboo Sticks with an internal diameter between 6mm and 10mm, and some plant pots. Alternatively, you can create a deadwood habitat using some logs or a dead tree trunk with holes drilled out in certain places.

Consider using a slow release fertiliser such as Hoof & Horn, Bone Meal or Calcified Seaweed, or even Chicken Manure. Not only will this help your plants to produce more flowers and vegetable or fruit plants to produce more crops, but it will mean that your pollinators will have more pollen and nectar to collect and feed on.

To prevent injuring or killing insect pollinators, don’t water your plants from above, particularly if you water in the morning or evening, as most of us do. Instead, water towards the bottom of the plant. This will mean you are likely to get more pollinators and not only that, but it is probable that your plants will absorb more water.

A final note about getting stung in case you are worried – it is quite unlikely you will get stung by bees and wasps if you treat them with respect. Avoid disturbing them and leave their nests and hives alone and keep your garden clean and tidy.