World Bee Day
Wednesday 20 May 2026
World Bee Day raises awareness of the importance of protecting bees and other pollinators, the threats they face and their contribution to a sustainable future. This year’s theme is ‘protecting pollinators to ensure global food security, biodiversity and ecosystem health’. The focus highlights the need to ‘Bee engaged in pollinator-friendly agricultural production’ encouraging actions that reduced harmful pesticides and protect natural habitats. Read on to learn some easy ways to help bees and discover our very own Wallace Cotton bee.

Ways to help bees
Plant a bee friendly garden of flowering plants and herbs offering a variety of nectar and pollen all year round.
Put out water for bees – they get thirsty too!
Make a bee house for bees to take shelter in.
Stop using pesticides in the garden.
Buy sustainable honey.
Learn more about bees and become a bee champion.

Our Wallace Cotton bee
The design of our bee motif was created in-house to celebrate Mother Nature’s busiest little helper and from 2019 onwards, has regularly featured in our collections.
Here’s what our design team had to say about their bee design…
“Every season we look to nature for inspiration for new designs to feature on cushion covers, kitchen and bathroom ranges. We've created collections featuring palm trees, flowers and native birds, but the most popular design every season by far has been our bee motif. Our bee motif is a simple yet classic design that has created a dedicated and passionate following. Hand-drawn and painted in-house, we play with colour and texture for the best result. Once our design has been finalised, it is printed or embroidered onto our products ready for our lovely and bee loyal customers”.

Collections featuring our bee design
Our iconic Wallace Cotton bee design has returned, reimagined in new styles and shades. From linen tea towels and Bee cushion covers to bee-autiful Honey sleepwear, we have pieces for every bee lover in our collections.
