My Bee S Garden

One of the simplest ways to attract bees to visit your garden is by growing flowers rich in pollen and nectar perennial plants are great but don t discount flowering annuals shrubs and trees too.

My bee s garden. A large group of flowers acts like an airport s landing lights directing. Bees feast on bee balm cosmos echinacea snapdragons foxglove and hosta in the summer. In the u s honey consumption is a whopping 300 million pounds per year. Protecting and enhancing pollinators in urban landscapes umn osu et al.

Native bees university of minnesota. Plant guides and lists. Attracting pollinators to the garden factsheet the ohio state university. Once they start arriving have a go at identifying the species with help from our feature on nine types of garden bee.

Adding leafy plants such as coleus to your garden can offer bees a place to cool off and rest. Honeybees and many native species do important work in our orchards and gardens by pollinating up to one third of every bite of food we eat. Like other living things bees are affected by too much sun and heat. Eating local honey can fend off allergies.

Try natural means of preventing pests such as the use of ladybugs and herbs that do not kill bees. Plant a single species in an area roughly 3 feet by 3 feet or larger for the best chance of getting a bee s attention. Crocus hyacinth borage calendula and wild lilac provide enticing spring blooms in a bee garden. Ohio bee identification guide.

For fall zinnias sedum asters witch hazel and goldenrod are late bloomers that will tempt foragers. Remember if you have flowers there will be bees visiting your garden so you might as well enjoy some side benefits. Get all the lyrics to songs by my bee s garden and join the genius community of music scholars to learn the meaning behind the lyrics. Gardening and landscaping practices for nesting native bees utah state university extension.

Bees may be small but they pack a powerful punch and we re not talking about how they sting.