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k9kaos
Farmgirl at Heart
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Kelli
Bitterroot Valley
Montana
USA
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 Posted - Feb 27 2010 : 3:10:03 PM
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I am going to start beekeeping next year (2011) so I would like to put in some plants this year that honey bees really like. I have been doing some research but I would like to get some other ideas. Thank you so much in advance.
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Tina Michelle
True Blue Farmgirl
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Tina
sunshine state
FL
USA
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Posted - Feb 27 2010 : 3:33:33 PM
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look into wildflowers that are native to your region. get yourself a big canister of them..and till up about a 16 ft.by 16 to 20 ft. by 20 area, get it as weed free as possible, and sow the seed as soon as you can. keep it watered well for about 2 weeks and it will start sprouting soon,after it has begun to sprout water at least twice a week. next year you will have loads of flowers just in time for your bees. make sure that the seeds you select have a good mix of both annuals and perennials. bee balm(monarda), gloriosa daisy, black eyed susan,yarrow, blanket flower, all of these attract bees.also try a few vines like scarlet runner bean, morning glories, cardinal climber, black eyed susan vine. Your local Walmart or Kmart may carry the canisters of wildflower seeds in their garden section. Good luck.
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k9kaos
Farmgirl at Heart
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Kelli
Bitterroot Valley
Montana
USA
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Posted - Feb 28 2010 : 08:37:21 AM
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Thank you so much! I love that idea. Wildflowers are a great way to go. I hadn't actually thought of that, just thinking of individual flowers/bushes to plant. I could plant a large area (we have about 5 acres of land, so have plenty of room) and place my hives close to or in the middle of them.
Thanks again for your suggestion Tina.
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marjean
True Blue Farmgirl
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Marsha
Deltona
FL
USA
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quiltin mama
True Blue Farmgirl
436 Posts
Heather
Crescent City
CA
USA
436 Posts |
Posted - Mar 01 2010 : 1:06:44 PM
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I don't know this from experience but I was reading that bees are most attracted to blue flowers.
We technically have bees (we have a colony that lives in a squirel house up in a spruce tree) but they came here on their own and we're just greatful that they polinate our fruit trees!
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Annab
True Blue Farmgirl
2900 Posts
Anna
Seagrove
NC
USA
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Posted - Mar 02 2010 : 03:25:30 AM
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Try buckwheat
They LOVE it and it will yield a very dark and rich honey |
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walkinwalkoutcattle
True Blue Farmgirl
1675 Posts
Megan
Paint Lick
KY
USA
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Posted - Mar 03 2010 : 09:29:52 AM
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Open up a few cans of coke and set up scarecrows to look like you're having a picinic. The bees will never leave!!!
J/K.
Sunflowers attracted TONS of honeybees to my home this year. They actually "Slept" on the sunflowers. I'd go out early in the morning, and the bees would be all curled up in the flowers. When I'd go to pick them to put on the table, they'd sure wake up in a jiffy!
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quiltin mama
True Blue Farmgirl
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Heather
Crescent City
CA
USA
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Planting for Honey Bees
