Tag Archives: Native Pollinators

Late Blooms For Lingering Bees

bee on rose If the little movie above doesn’t open for you, here’s my favorite bee pic 20-20-20 Trick For Tired Eyes A recent visit to my eye doctor has motivated me to do more daily walking, rain or shine. … Continue reading

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Flowers That Shirk Their Duty

Small but plentiful sedum flowers offer a bee buffet Why Pollenless Plants Are Pointless In recent years, gardeners have found more and more sunflower seed packets labeled as ‘pollen free’ and ‘best’ for cutting. It’s certainly true that pollen-free blossoms … Continue reading

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Protecting & Nurturing Native Bees

Pollinator Garden, one year old and already flourishing On Beyond Honeybees As I was watering the year-old pollinator garden at the Senior Center this morning, I noticed over a dozen kinds of bees busy at work. That made me very … Continue reading

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Nourishing Native Pollinators

Nectar is not the only attraction in a well stocked garden, so don’t get bugged by bugs. Having a haze of insects hovering over your beds will just about guarantee you a host of birds (even hummers need protein as well as sweet desserts) as well as butterflies. Housing helps too; many grasses (especially stipas) are butterfly friendly host plants, while roses offer building material to leaf cutter bees along with their pollen and nectar. That’s a large part of why I tidy the garden in late winter and early spring rather than in autumn; putting off the work protect and supports native pollinators and when I finally get around to it, there’s a lot less to do, since so much as self-composted in place. Continue reading

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