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ALMOST BEEKEEPING - RELATED TOPICS => GARDENING AROUND THE HOUSE => Topic started by: Seeb on January 04, 2020, 11:22:16 am

Title: Seeb's flowers & a beekeeping question
Post by: Seeb on January 04, 2020, 11:22:16 am: My grandmother gave me a cutting off her Thanksgiving cactus when I was still a teenager, and this is from her mother plant.
I love giant Zinnia's and always plant enough to share with friends. Just noticed that squirrel on the light pole - he was probably waiting for me to leave so he could raid my veg garden.

Question: Zinnia's are big butterfly/moth attractants. Will Zinnia's attract the wax moth that takes over our hives?
Title: Re: Seeb's flowers & a beekeeping question
Post by: The15thMember on January 04, 2020, 02:42:35 pm: Gorgeous flowers, especially that Christmas cactus! I have a tiny one on a desk, and it's no where near as happy as that! I'm pretty sure that the wax moths do not eat at all during their adult phase, so I doubt that any flowers would serve as attractants for them.
Title: Re: Seeb's flowers & a beekeeping question
Post by: Seeb on January 04, 2020, 05:20:17 pm: I was wondering if I would be smart not to plant them since I'm getting back into bees this year, thanks for your input 15th
Title: Re: Seeb's flowers & a beekeeping question
Post by: Ben Framed on January 11, 2020, 10:34:59 pm: Quote from: Seeb on January 04, 2020, 05:20:17 pm
I was wondering if I would be smart not to plant them since I'm getting back into bees this year, thanks for your input 15th

Seeb, I would encourage you to continue planting them for the beauty and splendor. Your flowers are very nice.
Thanks for posting,
Phillip
Title: Re: Seeb's flowers & a beekeeping question
Post by: Seeb on January 11, 2020, 10:45:38 pm: Thanks Phillip - I will!
Title: Re: Seeb's flowers & a beekeeping question
Post by: KellyBeeFriendly on May 01, 2020, 10:14:35 am: Don?t know about the wax moths but your bees will like them :-)

Plant away
Title: Re: Seeb's flowers & a beekeeping question
Post by: guitarstitch on May 01, 2020, 02:47:31 pm: Wax moths only take over weak hives. Keep your space restricted to only what your colony can manage and it won't matter how many moths are around.