Bees will love your garden if you add this one feature, say wildlife experts – and it requires minimal effort on your part

Honey bee on purple flower.

Wildlife experts are urging you to keep a ‘rough patch’ in your garden if you want to attract an abundance of bees this summer.

It will come as no surprise that bees are a positive sign of a thriving wildlife garden. They’re vital pollinators keeping your flowers blooming and trees fruiting, but if you want to attract bees, they actually prefer something a little more unkempt.