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Native throughout much of the United States, horsemint bee balm (Monarda punctata) is sure to please both growers and ...
Essentially, no pollinators, no food. Planting pollinator-friendly plants on your property can have an enormous impact. It doesn’t take a lot of space or a lot of plants. Experts say just a few square ...
Half of a sampling of "bee-friendly" plants purchased from major retailers tested positive for bee-killing neonic pesticides, according to a new report.
We don’t think of them as bee-friendly plants but there are some that are very attractive to bees while others are not. On the east side of a large building there was a very long planting of ...
Researchers at the University of Minnesota Bee Lab are trying to develop a bee lawn seed mix that would contain low-growing, foot-tolerant, non-invasive, pollinator-friendly plants.
Arbor Day’s a good time to plant one Echium vucanorum, is a truly beautiful, ... I believe every garden and every landscape should have at least one bee-friendly Echium.
Question: I’m looking to add some more bee-friendly perennial plants to my flower garden this summer. Can you make some recommendations? It would be a bonus if the deer don’t eat them, but I ...
It’s May, the perfect time to plant a bee-friendly garden. Fortunately for both the bee and the gardener, we like the same plants, so choosing flowers to support bee populations ...
Pollination occurs when pollen grains are transferred between male and female flower parts: from the anthers to the stigma. Bees use nectar and pollen gathered from flowers to feed themselves ...
"So-called 'bee-friendly' garden plants contain pesticides that can poison bees, with no warning to gardeners," said Lisa Archer, director of the Food and Technology Program at Friends of the ...
Several years ago, a University of Kentucky entomology student developed a list of bee-friendly trees and shrubs for the Ohio Valley region. Bernadette Mach, a doctoral student in the UK College ...
Bee Friendly will be working with the town of Carbondale to develop this local program, likely with funding available to Carbondale residents in 2024.” Bee Friendly celebrates bees’ contribution to ...