"Queenie" -The one with blue nail polish on her back:)

"Queenie" -The one with blue nail polish on her back:)
Experiences from the Beekeepers' wife....:)

Thursday, September 1, 2011

How can you help the Bees?

When you think about planting some new flowers, bushes or trees, consider some bee friendly plants!


Alyssum
Ornamental Strawberry
Marigold
Zinnia
Bottlebrush
Lavenders
Valerian
Buckwheat
Salvias
Eucalyptus Ficifolia "Red Flowering Eucalyptus"
Native Eucalyptus
Wild Mustard
Flowering Plum
Flowering Pear
Sage
Toyon 
Escallonia
Cotoneaster 
Lantana
Ceanothus
Hibiscus
Black-eyed susans
Lantana (camara)
Butterfly Bush
Honeysuckle
Joe-Pye weed
Liatris
Corgopsis
Pentas
Aster
Butterfly Weed
Purple Coneflower

At our house we see a lot on our rose of Sharon and they love the Lavendar...even before we had a hive we had every neighborhood bee on our lavendar. They also love the Russian sage that is in our neighborhood.  If it blossoms than the bees will probably love it:)

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