{"id":4058,"date":"2023-08-03T17:38:40","date_gmt":"2023-08-03T16:38:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/urbanbees.co.uk\/blog_1\/?p=4058"},"modified":"2023-08-03T17:38:40","modified_gmt":"2023-08-03T16:38:40","slug":"drought-v-rain","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.urbanbees.co.uk\/blog_1\/?p=4058","title":{"rendered":"Drought v rain"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-2 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><ul class=\"blocks-gallery-grid\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><a href=\"https:\/\/urbanbees.co.uk\/blog_1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/rosemarynotcomingback.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"490\" height=\"872\" src=\"https:\/\/urbanbees.co.uk\/blog_1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/rosemarynotcomingback.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"4059\" data-link=\"https:\/\/urbanbees.co.uk\/blog_1\/?attachment_id=4059\" class=\"wp-image-4059\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.urbanbees.co.uk\/blog_1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/rosemarynotcomingback.jpg 490w, https:\/\/www.urbanbees.co.uk\/blog_1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/rosemarynotcomingback-169x300.jpg 169w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 490px) 100vw, 490px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><a href=\"https:\/\/urbanbees.co.uk\/blog_1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/lostinVB2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"522\" height=\"927\" src=\"https:\/\/urbanbees.co.uk\/blog_1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/lostinVB2.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"4061\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/urbanbees.co.uk\/blog_1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/lostinVB2.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/urbanbees.co.uk\/blog_1\/?attachment_id=4061\" class=\"wp-image-4061\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.urbanbees.co.uk\/blog_1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/lostinVB2.jpg 522w, https:\/\/www.urbanbees.co.uk\/blog_1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/lostinVB2-169x300.jpg 169w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 522px) 100vw, 522px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Look at the difference a year makes. Last August, the planters on the 8th floor rooftop at Bread Street had been devastated by drought. Even drought-resistant plants like Rosemary and Salvia had died in the 6 week drought and heatwave of summer 2022. (We didn&#8217;t think they&#8217;d need an irrigation system). Only the Sedum and Kniphofia showed any life. But unbeknown to us Verbena bonariensis had seeded everywhere and with the dead shrubs removed, there is now a pretty jungle of this resilient, drought-tolerant voracious self-seeder taking over the west-facing planter. While it&#8217;s feeding honeybees and some bumblebees, we will need to remove much of it to allow other flowers to thrive to feed a variety of bees. We will rehouse it on another rooftop. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-3 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-2 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><ul class=\"blocks-gallery-grid\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><a href=\"https:\/\/urbanbees.co.uk\/blog_1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Alexpullinguprosmemary.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"490\" height=\"872\" src=\"https:\/\/urbanbees.co.uk\/blog_1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Alexpullinguprosmemary.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"4062\" data-link=\"https:\/\/urbanbees.co.uk\/blog_1\/?attachment_id=4062\" class=\"wp-image-4062\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.urbanbees.co.uk\/blog_1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Alexpullinguprosmemary.jpg 490w, https:\/\/www.urbanbees.co.uk\/blog_1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Alexpullinguprosmemary-169x300.jpg 169w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 490px) 100vw, 490px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><a href=\"https:\/\/urbanbees.co.uk\/blog_1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Alexplantingnewplugs.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"490\" height=\"872\" src=\"https:\/\/urbanbees.co.uk\/blog_1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Alexplantingnewplugs.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"4063\" data-link=\"https:\/\/urbanbees.co.uk\/blog_1\/?attachment_id=4063\" class=\"wp-image-4063\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.urbanbees.co.uk\/blog_1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Alexplantingnewplugs.jpg 490w, https:\/\/www.urbanbees.co.uk\/blog_1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Alexplantingnewplugs-169x300.jpg 169w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 490px) 100vw, 490px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><a href=\"https:\/\/urbanbees.co.uk\/blog_1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/coreopsis.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"490\" height=\"872\" src=\"https:\/\/urbanbees.co.uk\/blog_1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/coreopsis.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"4064\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/urbanbees.co.uk\/blog_1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/coreopsis.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/urbanbees.co.uk\/blog_1\/?attachment_id=4064\" class=\"wp-image-4064\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.urbanbees.co.uk\/blog_1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/coreopsis.jpg 490w, https:\/\/www.urbanbees.co.uk\/blog_1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/coreopsis-169x300.jpg 169w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 490px) 100vw, 490px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"> Last <strong>September 2022<\/strong>, myself and Alex pulled up the dead Rosemary shrubs (no mean feat), and planted many new shrubs and perennials like <em>Coreopsis<\/em> (Uptick), <em>Stachys byzantina <\/em>(Lamb&#8217;s Ear) and <em>Echinops <\/em>(Globe thistle). They are all drought-tolerant but we also installed an irrigation system just in case we had another very dry spell. The planters we inherited are shallow so the plants can&#8217;t dig down deep into soil for water when it doesn&#8217;t rain for weeks. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-3 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-3 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><ul class=\"blocks-gallery-grid\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><a href=\"https:\/\/urbanbees.co.uk\/blog_1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/mulching3.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"490\" height=\"872\" src=\"https:\/\/urbanbees.co.uk\/blog_1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/mulching3.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"4066\" data-link=\"https:\/\/urbanbees.co.uk\/blog_1\/?attachment_id=4066\" class=\"wp-image-4066\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.urbanbees.co.uk\/blog_1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/mulching3.jpg 490w, https:\/\/www.urbanbees.co.uk\/blog_1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/mulching3-169x300.jpg 169w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 490px) 100vw, 490px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><a href=\"https:\/\/urbanbees.co.uk\/blog_1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/mulching2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"490\" height=\"872\" src=\"https:\/\/urbanbees.co.uk\/blog_1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/mulching2.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"4067\" data-link=\"https:\/\/urbanbees.co.uk\/blog_1\/?attachment_id=4067\" class=\"wp-image-4067\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.urbanbees.co.uk\/blog_1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/mulching2.jpg 490w, https:\/\/www.urbanbees.co.uk\/blog_1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/mulching2-169x300.jpg 169w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 490px) 100vw, 490px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><a href=\"https:\/\/urbanbees.co.uk\/blog_1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/autumnrecovery.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"490\" height=\"872\" src=\"https:\/\/urbanbees.co.uk\/blog_1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/autumnrecovery.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"4069\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/urbanbees.co.uk\/blog_1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/autumnrecovery.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/urbanbees.co.uk\/blog_1\/?attachment_id=4069\" class=\"wp-image-4069\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.urbanbees.co.uk\/blog_1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/autumnrecovery.jpg 490w, https:\/\/www.urbanbees.co.uk\/blog_1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/autumnrecovery-169x300.jpg 169w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 490px) 100vw, 490px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In <strong>October 2022<\/strong>, after planting lots on small plug plants we mulched the two planters with bark chippings to prevent too many weeds taking over and to keep in moisture. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-3 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-4 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><ul class=\"blocks-gallery-grid\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><a href=\"https:\/\/urbanbees.co.uk\/blog_1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/wildwallflowersjpg.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"526\" height=\"934\" src=\"https:\/\/urbanbees.co.uk\/blog_1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/wildwallflowersjpg.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"4073\" data-link=\"https:\/\/urbanbees.co.uk\/blog_1\/?attachment_id=4073\" class=\"wp-image-4073\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.urbanbees.co.uk\/blog_1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/wildwallflowersjpg.jpg 526w, https:\/\/www.urbanbees.co.uk\/blog_1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/wildwallflowersjpg-169x300.jpg 169w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 526px) 100vw, 526px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><a href=\"https:\/\/urbanbees.co.uk\/blog_1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Aprilsmallrosemary.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"526\" height=\"934\" src=\"https:\/\/urbanbees.co.uk\/blog_1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Aprilsmallrosemary.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"4075\" data-link=\"https:\/\/urbanbees.co.uk\/blog_1\/?attachment_id=4075\" class=\"wp-image-4075\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.urbanbees.co.uk\/blog_1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Aprilsmallrosemary.jpg 526w, https:\/\/www.urbanbees.co.uk\/blog_1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Aprilsmallrosemary-169x300.jpg 169w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 526px) 100vw, 526px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><a href=\"https:\/\/urbanbees.co.uk\/blog_1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/beehotels.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"522\" height=\"927\" src=\"https:\/\/urbanbees.co.uk\/blog_1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/beehotels.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"4082\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/urbanbees.co.uk\/blog_1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/beehotels.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/urbanbees.co.uk\/blog_1\/?attachment_id=4082\" class=\"wp-image-4082\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.urbanbees.co.uk\/blog_1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/beehotels.jpg 522w, https:\/\/www.urbanbees.co.uk\/blog_1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/beehotels-169x300.jpg 169w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 522px) 100vw, 522px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">By <strong>spring 2023<\/strong>, we had wallflowers and a new, small Rosemary plant flowering. And we installed a couple of bee hotels for solitary Red mason bees (<em>Osmia bicornis<\/em>). We introduced a few cocoons and soon the bee hotels tubes were occupied by a new generation of Red mason bees laying their eggs and provisioning them with pollen collected from flowers on the rooftop.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-3 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-5 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><ul class=\"blocks-gallery-grid\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><a href=\"https:\/\/urbanbees.co.uk\/blog_1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/redhotpokersjpg.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"526\" height=\"934\" src=\"https:\/\/urbanbees.co.uk\/blog_1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/redhotpokersjpg.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"4076\" data-link=\"https:\/\/urbanbees.co.uk\/blog_1\/?attachment_id=4076\" class=\"wp-image-4076\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.urbanbees.co.uk\/blog_1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/redhotpokersjpg.jpg 526w, https:\/\/www.urbanbees.co.uk\/blog_1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/redhotpokersjpg-169x300.jpg 169w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 526px) 100vw, 526px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><a href=\"https:\/\/urbanbees.co.uk\/blog_1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Lambsear.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"526\" height=\"934\" src=\"https:\/\/urbanbees.co.uk\/blog_1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Lambsear.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"4077\" data-link=\"https:\/\/urbanbees.co.uk\/blog_1\/?attachment_id=4077\" class=\"wp-image-4077\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.urbanbees.co.uk\/blog_1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Lambsear.jpg 526w, https:\/\/www.urbanbees.co.uk\/blog_1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Lambsear-169x300.jpg 169w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 526px) 100vw, 526px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><a href=\"https:\/\/urbanbees.co.uk\/blog_1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/bumblebeeoncoreopsis.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"526\" height=\"934\" src=\"https:\/\/urbanbees.co.uk\/blog_1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/bumblebeeoncoreopsis.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"4078\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/urbanbees.co.uk\/blog_1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/bumblebeeoncoreopsis.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/urbanbees.co.uk\/blog_1\/?attachment_id=4078\" class=\"wp-image-4078\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.urbanbees.co.uk\/blog_1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/bumblebeeoncoreopsis.jpg 526w, https:\/\/www.urbanbees.co.uk\/blog_1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/bumblebeeoncoreopsis-169x300.jpg 169w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 526px) 100vw, 526px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"> By<strong> June<\/strong> 2023, the kniphofia we thought was practically dead a few months earlier was looking spectacular and there was lots more of it. The lamb&#8217;s ear we&#8217;d planted was already flowering along with the <em>Coreopsis <\/em>(Uptick) much to the buff-tailed bumblebees&#8217; delight. When Konstantinos, the ecologist from Pollinating London Together visited to do a <a href=\"https:\/\/urbanbees.co.uk\/blog_1\/?p=4022\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/urbanbees.co.uk\/blog_1\/?p=4022\">bee survey<\/a>, it was a boiling hot day and there were mainly honeybees and Buff-taield bumblebees flying. But with the aid of a net, glass tube and hands lens we were very excited when we identified small Green furrow bees (<em>Lassioglossum morio<\/em>) foraging 8 floors up in the City of London on <em>Epilobium hirsutum<\/em> (Hairy willowherb).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-3 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-6 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><ul class=\"blocks-gallery-grid\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><a href=\"https:\/\/urbanbees.co.uk\/blog_1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/teucriumhircanicum.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"522\" height=\"927\" src=\"https:\/\/urbanbees.co.uk\/blog_1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/teucriumhircanicum.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"4079\" data-link=\"https:\/\/urbanbees.co.uk\/blog_1\/?attachment_id=4079\" class=\"wp-image-4079\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.urbanbees.co.uk\/blog_1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/teucriumhircanicum.jpg 522w, https:\/\/www.urbanbees.co.uk\/blog_1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/teucriumhircanicum-169x300.jpg 169w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 522px) 100vw, 522px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><a href=\"https:\/\/urbanbees.co.uk\/blog_1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/eupatorium.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"522\" height=\"927\" src=\"https:\/\/urbanbees.co.uk\/blog_1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/eupatorium.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"4080\" data-link=\"https:\/\/urbanbees.co.uk\/blog_1\/?attachment_id=4080\" class=\"wp-image-4080\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.urbanbees.co.uk\/blog_1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/eupatorium.jpg 522w, https:\/\/www.urbanbees.co.uk\/blog_1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/eupatorium-169x300.jpg 169w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 522px) 100vw, 522px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><a href=\"https:\/\/urbanbees.co.uk\/blog_1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Eryngiumplanum.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"522\" height=\"927\" src=\"https:\/\/urbanbees.co.uk\/blog_1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Eryngiumplanum.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"4081\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/urbanbees.co.uk\/blog_1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Eryngiumplanum.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/urbanbees.co.uk\/blog_1\/?attachment_id=4081\" class=\"wp-image-4081\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.urbanbees.co.uk\/blog_1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Eryngiumplanum.jpg 522w, https:\/\/www.urbanbees.co.uk\/blog_1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Eryngiumplanum-169x300.jpg 169w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 522px) 100vw, 522px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">By <strong>July<\/strong>, 3 plants we&#8217;d put in as plugs in September (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.rosybee.com\/plants\">supplied by Rosybee<\/a>) : L-R <em>Teucrium hircanicum<\/em> (Caucasian germander),  <em>Eupatorium <\/em>(Hemp agrimony) and <em>Eryngium planum <\/em>(Sea holly) were looking magnificent on the east-facing planter. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Look at the difference a year makes. Last August, the planters on the 8th floor rooftop at Bread Street had been devastated by drought. Even drought-resistant plants like Rosemary and Salvia had died in the 6 week drought and heatwave of summer 2022. (We didn&#8217;t think they&#8217;d need an irrigation system). Only the Sedum and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[101,59,100,25],"class_list":["post-4058","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blogs","tag-city-rooftops","tag-helping-bees","tag-planting-for-bees","tag-solitary-bees"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Drought v rain - Urban Bees Website<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.urbanbees.co.uk\/blog_1\/?p=4058\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Drought v rain - Urban Bees Website\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Look at the difference a year makes. Last August, the planters on the 8th floor rooftop at Bread Street had been devastated by drought. Even drought-resistant plants like Rosemary and Salvia had died in the 6 week drought and heatwave of summer 2022. (We didn&#8217;t think they&#8217;d need an irrigation system). Only the Sedum and [&hellip;]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.urbanbees.co.uk\/blog_1\/?p=4058\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Urban Bees Website\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2023-08-03T16:38:40+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.urbanbees.co.uk\/blog_1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/rosemarynotcomingback.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"490\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"872\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"alison\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"alison\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.urbanbees.co.uk\\\/blog_1\\\/?p=4058#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.urbanbees.co.uk\\\/blog_1\\\/?p=4058\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"alison\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.urbanbees.co.uk\\\/blog_1\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/06a354637998c0e7b8e5c316fba413d2\"},\"headline\":\"Drought v rain\",\"datePublished\":\"2023-08-03T16:38:40+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.urbanbees.co.uk\\\/blog_1\\\/?p=4058\"},\"wordCount\":434,\"commentCount\":0,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.urbanbees.co.uk\\\/blog_1\\\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.urbanbees.co.uk\\\/blog_1\\\/?p=4058#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/urbanbees.co.uk\\\/blog_1\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2023\\\/08\\\/rosemarynotcomingback.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"City rooftops\",\"helping bees\",\"Planting for bees\",\"solitary bees\"],\"articleSection\":[\"All blogs\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.urbanbees.co.uk\\\/blog_1\\\/?p=4058#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.urbanbees.co.uk\\\/blog_1\\\/?p=4058\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.urbanbees.co.uk\\\/blog_1\\\/?p=4058\",\"name\":\"Drought v rain - Urban Bees Website\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.urbanbees.co.uk\\\/blog_1\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.urbanbees.co.uk\\\/blog_1\\\/?p=4058#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.urbanbees.co.uk\\\/blog_1\\\/?p=4058#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/urbanbees.co.uk\\\/blog_1\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2023\\\/08\\\/rosemarynotcomingback.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2023-08-03T16:38:40+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.urbanbees.co.uk\\\/blog_1\\\/?p=4058#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.urbanbees.co.uk\\\/blog_1\\\/?p=4058\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.urbanbees.co.uk\\\/blog_1\\\/?p=4058#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/urbanbees.co.uk\\\/blog_1\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2023\\\/08\\\/rosemarynotcomingback.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/urbanbees.co.uk\\\/blog_1\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2023\\\/08\\\/rosemarynotcomingback.jpg\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.urbanbees.co.uk\\\/blog_1\\\/?p=4058#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.urbanbees.co.uk\\\/blog_1\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Drought v rain\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.urbanbees.co.uk\\\/blog_1\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.urbanbees.co.uk\\\/blog_1\\\/\",\"name\":\"Urban Bees Website\",\"description\":\"\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.urbanbees.co.uk\\\/blog_1\\\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.urbanbees.co.uk\\\/blog_1\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.urbanbees.co.uk\\\/blog_1\\\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Urban Bees Ltd\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.urbanbees.co.uk\\\/blog_1\\\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.urbanbees.co.uk\\\/blog_1\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.urbanbees.co.uk\\\/blog_1\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/07\\\/urbanbees-logo.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.urbanbees.co.uk\\\/blog_1\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/07\\\/urbanbees-logo.png\",\"width\":400,\"height\":411,\"caption\":\"Urban Bees Ltd\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.urbanbees.co.uk\\\/blog_1\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.instagram.com\\\/alison_urbanbees\"]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.urbanbees.co.uk\\\/blog_1\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/06a354637998c0e7b8e5c316fba413d2\",\"name\":\"alison\",\"sameAs\":[\"http:\\\/\\\/www.urbanbees.co.uk\"]}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Drought v rain - Urban Bees Website","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.urbanbees.co.uk\/blog_1\/?p=4058","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Drought v rain - Urban Bees Website","og_description":"Look at the difference a year makes. Last August, the planters on the 8th floor rooftop at Bread Street had been devastated by drought. Even drought-resistant plants like Rosemary and Salvia had died in the 6 week drought and heatwave of summer 2022. (We didn&#8217;t think they&#8217;d need an irrigation system). Only the Sedum and [&hellip;]","og_url":"https:\/\/www.urbanbees.co.uk\/blog_1\/?p=4058","og_site_name":"Urban Bees Website","article_published_time":"2023-08-03T16:38:40+00:00","og_image":[{"width":490,"height":872,"url":"https:\/\/www.urbanbees.co.uk\/blog_1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/rosemarynotcomingback.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"alison","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"alison","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.urbanbees.co.uk\/blog_1\/?p=4058#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.urbanbees.co.uk\/blog_1\/?p=4058"},"author":{"name":"alison","@id":"https:\/\/www.urbanbees.co.uk\/blog_1\/#\/schema\/person\/06a354637998c0e7b8e5c316fba413d2"},"headline":"Drought v rain","datePublished":"2023-08-03T16:38:40+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.urbanbees.co.uk\/blog_1\/?p=4058"},"wordCount":434,"commentCount":0,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.urbanbees.co.uk\/blog_1\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.urbanbees.co.uk\/blog_1\/?p=4058#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/urbanbees.co.uk\/blog_1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/rosemarynotcomingback.jpg","keywords":["City rooftops","helping bees","Planting for bees","solitary bees"],"articleSection":["All blogs"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/www.urbanbees.co.uk\/blog_1\/?p=4058#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.urbanbees.co.uk\/blog_1\/?p=4058","url":"https:\/\/www.urbanbees.co.uk\/blog_1\/?p=4058","name":"Drought v rain - Urban Bees Website","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.urbanbees.co.uk\/blog_1\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.urbanbees.co.uk\/blog_1\/?p=4058#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.urbanbees.co.uk\/blog_1\/?p=4058#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/urbanbees.co.uk\/blog_1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/rosemarynotcomingback.jpg","datePublished":"2023-08-03T16:38:40+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.urbanbees.co.uk\/blog_1\/?p=4058#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.urbanbees.co.uk\/blog_1\/?p=4058"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.urbanbees.co.uk\/blog_1\/?p=4058#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/urbanbees.co.uk\/blog_1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/rosemarynotcomingback.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/urbanbees.co.uk\/blog_1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/rosemarynotcomingback.jpg"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.urbanbees.co.uk\/blog_1\/?p=4058#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.urbanbees.co.uk\/blog_1"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Drought v rain"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.urbanbees.co.uk\/blog_1\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.urbanbees.co.uk\/blog_1\/","name":"Urban Bees Website","description":"","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.urbanbees.co.uk\/blog_1\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.urbanbees.co.uk\/blog_1\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/www.urbanbees.co.uk\/blog_1\/#organization","name":"Urban Bees Ltd","url":"https:\/\/www.urbanbees.co.uk\/blog_1\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.urbanbees.co.uk\/blog_1\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/www.urbanbees.co.uk\/blog_1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/urbanbees-logo.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.urbanbees.co.uk\/blog_1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/urbanbees-logo.png","width":400,"height":411,"caption":"Urban Bees Ltd"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.urbanbees.co.uk\/blog_1\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/alison_urbanbees"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.urbanbees.co.uk\/blog_1\/#\/schema\/person\/06a354637998c0e7b8e5c316fba413d2","name":"alison","sameAs":["http:\/\/www.urbanbees.co.uk"]}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.urbanbees.co.uk\/blog_1\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4058","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.urbanbees.co.uk\/blog_1\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.urbanbees.co.uk\/blog_1\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.urbanbees.co.uk\/blog_1\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.urbanbees.co.uk\/blog_1\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4058"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.urbanbees.co.uk\/blog_1\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4058\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4083,"href":"https:\/\/www.urbanbees.co.uk\/blog_1\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4058\/revisions\/4083"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.urbanbees.co.uk\/blog_1\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4058"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.urbanbees.co.uk\/blog_1\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4058"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.urbanbees.co.uk\/blog_1\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4058"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}