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ALMOST BEEKEEPING - RELATED TOPICS => GARDENING AROUND THE HOUSE => Topic started by: Jami on March 14, 2005, 05:45:05 pm
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Hi everybody!
I would like to know if anyone out there has experience with planting wildflower seed mixes for bees. Here is what I am looking for: a wildflower mixture that I can spread in an area about 2 acres. Because I am starting out with two bee packages in April, I would like to get some flowers started early, so the bees can catch an early nectar flow and get their populations increased so I'll get more honey. I live in Michigan, so probably flowers native to this area would so best. Any iinformation would helpful. Also, I am not tilling the soil, hopefully something exists that I can throw down by hand and can germanate in an area that has all sorts of grasses and weeds. If I do it early enough in the spring maybe it would work. Jami
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I belive most of the wild flowers have to be sown in the fall so they will come up in the spring.Here is a company that deals with wild flowers and there seeds. Their web site is very informative. www.wildseedfarms.com
I hope this helps you some.
Brian
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I got alot of wild flower seed at wa :D lmart and planted it for the bees, bye
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http://www.americanmeadows.com/
http://seedrack.com/01.html
http://www.cheapseeds.com/ViewProduct.asp?ModelNumber=1002