Thanks for your really helpful feedback. I began by looking at beekeeping websites and seeing discussions about how many bee keepers seem to feed bees - so I figured if I bought the same stuff as you buy to give bees a helping hand (wasn’t planning on making my own) that I could help them. I’m puzzled now why bee keepers feed bees but why I shouldn’t?! I do have a nice apple tree in blossom so I think you have a great point about them going for trees in bloom at the moment. I bought hellebores, lavender, crocus (died), bluebelles, thyme, coneflowers, snowdrops, butterfly bush, salvia, and much more - I’ve tried to buy flowers to cover the whole year to give them natural food throughout. Ive put down water with stones but didn’t think of adding moss? Why do you add moss? I’ve tried building an underground home for ground bees and finished sanding down bee houses (I chose ones that can be dismantled to clean to avoid bees getting sick - wood was rough though so also sanded to ensure it doesn’t damage their wings. They have a plastic viewing section but tempted to replace that with wood - while I’d like to view them I can’t see plastic is a good idea for the bees). I haven’t bought winter honeysuckle so I’ll look at that, thanks. Thinking of covering back fence with ivy for birds and bees.