plants for bees – Keeping Backyard Bees https://www.keepingbackyardbees.com Wed, 18 Mar 2020 16:27:54 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.5 https://i2.wp.com/www.keepingbackyardbees.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/favicon.png?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 plants for bees – Keeping Backyard Bees https://www.keepingbackyardbees.com 32 32 Trees for Bees https://www.keepingbackyardbees.com/trees-for-bees-zbwz1803zsau/ https://www.keepingbackyardbees.com/trees-for-bees-zbwz1803zsau/#comments Sat, 10 Mar 2018 17:55:12 +0000 https://www.keepingbackyardbees.com/?p=3840 It’s old news that beekeepers are struggling to provide diverse, pesticide-free forage for their colonies, as scientists have been voicing alarm about the decline in pollinator populations for more than a decade. But part of the solution to help today’s stressed bees may be in your own backyard: Consider the incredible quantity of nectar produced […]

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]]> https://www.keepingbackyardbees.com/trees-for-bees-zbwz1803zsau/feed/ 2 Please Bees With Germander https://www.keepingbackyardbees.com/please-bees-with-germander-zbwz1801zsau/ https://www.keepingbackyardbees.com/please-bees-with-germander-zbwz1801zsau/#respond Thu, 18 Jan 2018 19:31:12 +0000 https://www.keepingbackyardbees.com/?p=3780 An herb garden is traditionally a busy place, with bees buzzing from plant to plant, their fuzzy little bodies perfect for trapping pollen and transporting it to the next flower. But declining bee populations means that we can no longer take these beneficial visitors for granted; we need to lure them with a choice selection […]

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]]> https://www.keepingbackyardbees.com/please-bees-with-germander-zbwz1801zsau/feed/ 0 Bee Bee Tree- Honey Bee Magnet https://www.keepingbackyardbees.com/bee-bee-tree/ https://www.keepingbackyardbees.com/bee-bee-tree/#comments Tue, 29 Aug 2017 19:47:08 +0000 http://www.keepingbackyardbees.com/?p=3574   If you tell your friends and neighbors that you are growing a “Bee Bee” tree for your bees, they will probably think you are kidding! A magnet for pollinators of all kinds, it is a a great small tree, also known as Korean evodia (Evodia daniellii or Tetradium daniellii). Unknown outside of horticultural circles […]

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]]> https://www.keepingbackyardbees.com/bee-bee-tree/feed/ 6 Are Honey Bees in Decline? Here’s What You Can Do! https://www.keepingbackyardbees.com/case-disappearing-honeybees/ https://www.keepingbackyardbees.com/case-disappearing-honeybees/#comments Wed, 22 Oct 2014 18:04:19 +0000 http://backyardbees.wpengine.com.php53-3.ord1-1.websitetestlink.com/?p=184 Bees are in danger. Honey bees are responsible for about a third of the food we consume. Apples, sunflowers, cherries, melons, squash – you name it, they pollinate it.

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