Welcome
Well hello there!This is a site made by Grey, called Flower fields, as you may have guessed. This site isn't a graphics site. Or a button request site. Or an adoption agency. It's none of the above.
Flower fields is a site that teaches Neopians what to do in real life. I know that sounds a little weird, but it's true! By using this site, and the tips that we provide, you'll be able to learn how to make your garden more attractive to wildlife, such as bees, butterflies or other insects. Even the simplest things can help, so why not take a look at how you can improve your garden to make it nature friendly?
How can you help
Place plants that attract beneficial insects in your garden. Some common plants that attract beneficial insects include angelica, bee balm, buckwheat, calendula, candytuft, ceanothus, chervil, cilantro, clover, daisy, dill, erigeron, evening primrose, fennel, and goldenrod.
A huge 75% of flowers and crops are pollenated by bees and other insects. Sadly, the number of bees is rapidly declining, and without bees we would be able to grow much of our food! Help them along, and look into being a bee keeper. Highly rewarding, as you get the wonderful honey whilst knowing you're helping the bees!
Love butterflies? Plant some Buddliea, and they'll be all over it in no time! If you're wondering, the background image is of Buddliea. ^-^
If you don't want to plant Buddliea, try Purple Sprouting Broccoli. I myself discovered, by chance, that butterflies go crazy over it. They use it to lay their eggs on, and then the catterpilars eat it. I planted only three broccoli plants last year, and the result was hundreds of butterflies fluttering around my garden!
Try and keep some nettles in your garden. Sounds strange, but many types of insect are attracted to them, including bees.
Do you have an tip to submit? Then neomail me:
In the garden
Here you will find a selection of pixels and icons from various sites, all showing the beauty of nature. :)Flowers:
Bees:
Butterflies:
Misc.:
Icons
And a special thankyou goes out to Evie for making me four icons, including a special one created especially for Flower Fields!
Fun facts
Interesting facts to tell your friends!
Butterflies were originally named 'Flutterbies', though when they were due to be recorded, a spelling mistake made them 'Butterflies', and the name stuck!
Each adult ladybug may consume as many as 5,000 aphids during their adult life.
The metallic-coloured wing covers of some beetles are used for jewellery.
A butterfly can see the colors red, green, and yellow.
A common house fly beats its wings 330 times per second, a mosquito 600 times, and a midge fly holds the record with a wing beat of 1046 times per second.
A flea can jump 130 times its own height.
There are more insects in one square mile of rural land than there are human beings on the entire earth.
A dragonfly has a lifespan of 24 hours.
Bees must collect the nectar from two thousand flowers to make one tablespoonful of honey. In its entire lifetime, the average worker bee produces 1/12th teaspoon of honey.
There are more than 200 million insects for each human on the planet.
Night butterflies have ears on their wings so they can avoid bats.
A butterfly has to have a body temperature greater than 86 degrees to be able to fly!
Do you have an interesting insect fact to submit? Then neomail me:
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Bee bullets by Amber's Pixels.
This site began on the 27th June 2010. :)