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BEEKEEPING LEARNING CENTER => GENERAL BEEKEEPING - MAIN POSTING FORUM. => Topic started by: bwallace23350 on March 18, 2017, 11:52:31 am

Title: Bring back the pollinator
Post by: bwallace23350 on March 18, 2017, 11:52:31 am

Here is a good website that shows what to plant to attract pollinators in your area.

Title: Re: Bring back the pollinator
Post by: Bush_84 on March 18, 2017, 12:10:55 pm

Link?

Title: Re: Bring back the pollinator
Post by: bwallace23350 on March 18, 2017, 12:23:20 pm

http://www.xerces.org/pollinators-southeast-region/

Sorry here you go.

Title: Re: Bring back the pollinator
Post by: Dallasbeek on March 18, 2017, 01:55:21 pm

"error establishing data base connection"


Anybody able to use link?  Could be my iPad.

Title: Re: Bring back the pollinator
Post by: paus on March 18, 2017, 04:02:50 pm

I am interested in planting for bees , I also got an error message.  I just came in from breaking up about an acre to plant in Lemon Queen Sunflower,  I have planted some Borage and am going to plant much more.  Any suggestions would be appreciated.

Title: Re: Bring back the pollinator
Post by: Bush_84 on March 18, 2017, 08:01:29 pm

I am going to personally going to take a slowly but surely approach to planting dual purpose plants. Good for me and good for bees. So mostly fruits. I planted three apple trees last year. This year a couple of pear and maybe another apple. Going to have to get raspberry at some point. Strawberry and blueberry are on my eventually list. Blackberry is a question mark. I have been told it doesn't do well with our winters but I had them at my old place. Green house told me I was wrong and that it was a black raspberry, but I'm no idiot. Big difference in plant and fruit between the two.

Title: Re: Bring back the pollinator
Post by: Acebird on March 19, 2017, 09:39:36 am

The problem with fruit trees is the nectar is short lived.  Weeds are he best for bees because they keep flowering when the bees need them most.

Title: Re: Bring back the pollinator
Post by: Jim134 on March 19, 2017, 03:46:53 pm

Link did not work for me.


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Title: Re: Bring back the pollinator
Post by: bwallace23350 on March 19, 2017, 07:59:02 pm

Odd about hte link it worked for me just now.

Try this one

http://www.xerces.org/

It is a good website. What I am doing is planting bushes and flowering plants all along my fence posts. I try to do some research and plant what will bloom during a dearth or what will bloom for long periods of time. I did make an impulse purchase at Lowes today of some Salvia as I saw several honey bees on it while in the store.

Title: Re: Bring back the pollinator
Post by: Jim134 on March 19, 2017, 11:09:11 pm

The one in your last post work. Thank you for fixing it.



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