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Garden Gate:  Join the hunt for bees  |
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City Chick
True Blue Farmgirl
1402 Posts
Deb
Chattanooga
TN
USA
1402 Posts |
 Posted - Mar 10 2009 : 08:13:01 AM
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http://www.greatsunflower.org/
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By watching and recording the bees at sunflowers in your garden, you can help us understand the challenges that bees are facing. We'll be sending out annual Lemon Queen sunflower seeds in early March 2009. Just in time to plant!
* It takes less than 30 minutes.
* It's easy.
* Free Sunflower seeds for planting.
* No knowledge of bees required!
Enter your bee counts online or send us your paper form.
We would love to have you join us; let’s help our most important pollinators together!
If you signed up in 2008, we will send you seeds again this spring. We'll send you an email this winter to confirm your mailing address and if you respond, your seed will go out in late March or early April.
We love having beekeepers participate.
http://www.xanga.com/My_Pondering_Place |
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ruralfarmgirl
True Blue Farmgirl
4309 Posts
Rene'
Prosser
WA
USA
4309 Posts |
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Mumof3
True Blue Farmgirl
3890 Posts
Karin
Ellenwood
GA
USA
3890 Posts |
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jinia
True Blue Farmgirl
152 Posts
jinia
mo
USA
152 Posts |
Posted - Mar 10 2009 : 5:43:21 PM
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| Thanks, we always plant sunflowers! I will love explaining this to my son...hmmmm..a bee journal! |
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Miss Bee Haven
True Blue Farmgirl
4331 Posts
Janice
Louisville/Irvington
Kentucky
USA
4331 Posts |
Posted - Mar 11 2009 : 07:03:24 AM
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Thanks, Deb. I signed up.
Farmgirl Sister #50
"If you think you've got it nailed down, then what's all that around it?"
'Br.Dave Gardner' |
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wannab
Farmgirl at Heart
8 Posts
donna
ruston
la
USA
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Posted - Mar 15 2009 : 06:46:45 AM
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Thanks I'm in! I love sunflowers and bees.
"If you need help ask God, if you don't Thank God." |
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kristin sherrill
True Blue Farmgirl
11303 Posts
kristin
chickamauga
ga
USA
11303 Posts |
Posted - Mar 15 2009 : 08:24:10 AM
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Deb, I hope it's not too late, but I just sent my info in. So should get an e-mail soon. Thanks for posting this. It sounds like fun. I always have tons of bees buzzing my corn when I pick beans. It sounds like I'm in the middle of NY city traffic, it's so loud sometimes! But makes me feel so good that they can come here and not be killed by all the nasty pesticides and chemicals because I don't use anything here. I need to get some hives put out back.
Kris
Turn your face to the sun and the shadows fall behind you. Maori proverb |
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pumpkinvine
True Blue Farmgirl
179 Posts
Amy
USA
179 Posts |
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Josy
Farmgirl at Heart
1 Posts
susanne
Due West
SC
USA
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Posted - Mar 21 2009 : 06:32:25 AM
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would like to be part of your group .thank you for supporting the life of Bees. I am a bee keeper in SC and have participated in the training session offered here.
Beekeepers learn to think like Bees
keep in touch Josy |
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Diane B Carter
True Blue Farmgirl
1270 Posts
Diane
Blasdell
N.Y.
USA
1270 Posts |
Posted - Mar 21 2009 : 1:21:53 PM
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I never grew a sunflower, not even as a kid. This year I wanted to plant a few in my backyard. I have a small grandson who plays in a house in the backyard so I worry a little about the bee's. I am a bee lover. If this would help in the survey I would to be a part of it.
Hope all your days are Sunnydays.
dianebcarterhotmailcom.blogspot.com |
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Diane B Carter
True Blue Farmgirl
1270 Posts
Diane
Blasdell
N.Y.
USA
1270 Posts |
Posted - Mar 21 2009 : 1:24:09 PM
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why don't I notice mistakes before I hit sumit??? I would Love to be a part of the survey.
Hope all your days are Sunnydays.
dianebcarterhotmailcom.blogspot.com |
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City Chick
True Blue Farmgirl
1402 Posts
Deb
Chattanooga
TN
USA
1402 Posts |
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marcy jo
True Blue Farmgirl
453 Posts
Marcy
Wawaka
Indiana
USA
453 Posts |
Posted - Mar 23 2009 : 09:57:42 AM
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Thanks I just signed up. I have been doing some research on bees and they are so important!!
Marcy #257
http://marcyjosmarket.blogspot.com |
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Contrary Wife
True Blue Farmgirl
2164 Posts
Teresa Sue
Tekoa
WA
USA
2164 Posts |
Posted - Mar 25 2009 : 06:34:47 AM
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I joined!! I think I will get my grandbeasties involved with this ;^)
Teresa Sue
Farmgirl Sister #316
Planting Zone 3
"Learn the rules so you know how to break them properly." The Dalai Lama |
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traceyg
True Blue Farmgirl
124 Posts
Tracey
Grosse Ile
Michigan
USA
124 Posts |
Posted - Mar 25 2009 : 06:36:30 AM
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Count me in!!
We are beekeepers and we love sunflowers ... what could be better?! 
Tracey #114
Life is sweet ... Bee happy! |
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marcy jo
True Blue Farmgirl
453 Posts
Marcy
Wawaka
Indiana
USA
453 Posts |
Posted - Apr 18 2009 : 07:18:27 AM
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I signed up me and my uncle!! I just got my seeds yesterday but I bought some and already started those. Not only will they help the bees they will make a wonderful natural wall for my yard!!! Dont know why I never thought of that before!!
Marcy #257
http://marcysmarket.blogspot.com |
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graciegreeneyes
True Blue Farmgirl
3107 Posts
Amy Grace
Rosalia
WA
USA
3107 Posts |
Posted - Apr 18 2009 : 1:06:45 PM
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Oh cool - so glad you posted this, I just read about this in a magazine and was going to post. I was on vacation when you first posted or I would have responded sooner;)
Amy Grace
Farmgirl #224
"use it up, wear it out, make it do, or do without"
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electricdunce
True Blue Farmgirl
2544 Posts
Karin
Belmont
ME
USA
2544 Posts |
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graciegreeneyes
True Blue Farmgirl
3107 Posts
Amy Grace
Rosalia
WA
USA
3107 Posts |
Posted - Apr 18 2009 : 3:36:02 PM
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I love the bees too - the vacation I was on was to France, where it was almost spring (beginning of March) but still not really, but while at the cemetery in Normandy there was heather blooming and lots of bumble bees - it really made me smile. I'm trying to plant lots of native, bee-friendly flowers
Amy Grace
Farmgirl #224
"use it up, wear it out, make it do, or do without"
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kristin sherrill
True Blue Farmgirl
11303 Posts
kristin
chickamauga
ga
USA
11303 Posts |
Posted - Apr 18 2009 : 5:38:42 PM
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I got my seeds yesterday! I have not had time to read the paper yet, but will later. We have lots of honey bees around here. It sounds like NYC sometimes when I'm out picking beans, it's so noisy with them on the corn. I'm not sure about counting all these bees.
Kris
Life is what you make it. Always has been. Always will be. |
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graciegreeneyes
True Blue Farmgirl
3107 Posts
Amy Grace
Rosalia
WA
USA
3107 Posts |
Posted - Apr 21 2009 : 4:34:09 PM
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I just signed up!!
Amy Grace
Farmgirl #224
"use it up, wear it out, make it do, or do without"
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pamcook
True Blue Farmgirl
228 Posts
Pam
Chapel Hill
NC
USA
228 Posts |
Posted - Apr 22 2009 : 06:55:08 AM
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I planted some bee balm and will plant some sunflowers. I rarely see honey bees - it makes me so sad! There's plenty of space on our property for a hive - I keep hoping to find someone who will maintain one on our property in exchange for some honey. Has anyone ever tried just throwing out wildflower seeds into "wild areas" of your property? Surely some of them would grow?
www.ikat.org
www.longaberger.com/pamcook |
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traceyg
True Blue Farmgirl
124 Posts
Tracey
Grosse Ile
Michigan
USA
124 Posts |
Posted - Apr 22 2009 : 07:38:56 AM
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I haven't received my seeds yet ... how long should it take? The sun is FINALLY out and I feel like planting!!! 
traceyg
Farmgirl #114
Life is sweet ... Bee happy! |
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CherryMeDarlin
True Blue Farmgirl
602 Posts
Cherry
Odenville
AL
USA
602 Posts |
Posted - Apr 23 2009 : 09:12:02 AM
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Anyone else have problems even creating an account with them? I've been waiting for several hours for a reply email to no avail! When I return to the site for help, it tells me to contact the site admin, but I can't find the place to do that. Help? Please? Anyone?
"A thing is as simple or as complicated as you make it." --TT Murphy |
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Michigan Girl in TX
True Blue Farmgirl
85 Posts
Kristi
Cottonwood Shores
TX
USA
85 Posts |
Posted - Apr 23 2009 : 09:45:21 AM
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This is great! I added some more bee and butterfly friendly flowers this spring, and had been thinking about sunflowers. My kids will LOVE this too! I signed up.... thanks for the info!
~Kristi
Farmgirl #474
"Grown men may learn from very little children, for the hearts of little children are pure, and, therefore, the Great Spirit may show to them many things which older people miss" ~Black Elk |
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City Chick
True Blue Farmgirl
1402 Posts
Deb
Chattanooga
TN
USA
1402 Posts |
Posted - Apr 23 2009 : 10:40:53 AM
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When are seeds sent?
Fri, 04/17/2009 - 03:59 — Gretchen Lebuhn
We sent out two rounds of seeds in early April. I actually didn't get mine in my mailbox until April 15 so, I expect many of you are getting them right now. There were about 80 addresses that were entered that either didn't have full information or the person had moved. I'll try to post that list somewhere. The next round of seeds will leave here the last week of April and should arrive in mailboxes the first week of May. If you signed up in 2009, you will definitely get sent seeds. If you signed up before then, you need to check back in using the link on the homepage.
Remember to write down the date you plant the seeds. We're hoping to help out the National Phenology Network this year.
Bee Well,
Gretchen
I don't know what kind of problems they could be having with creating an account. There is nothing on their site about that.
http://www.greatsunflower.org/en/user Try that link - it's more direct. If that helps.
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