Monday, July 8, 2013

Planting for bees

Even though there is much forage in our locality I'm still focused on planting extra for the bees. This year I started with Borage and Calendula. Of course I planted some Willow and am trying to collect as many wild flowering plants as I can possibly find like the Sweet Clover, Primrose, Asters etc ...
There is lots of White Clover around here and the bees love it;
 Incoming Bee
 Reseda odorata sure is of great interest for the bees since
they are spending lots of time collecting its nectar and pollen.
It is important to say that Reseda odorata virtually suffers of no pests.
Maybe bees use this to their advantage to fight pests within the hive?
I dont know, but what I do know is my gut feeling sais plant a lot of this 
lovely smelling flower.
Can you see the bee?

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