Today is a special edition instead of the normal Q&A episode.
I walk you through my landscape and show what forage is available to my honey bees as well as native pollinators.
Each plant/topic is listed below with a time-stamp for your convenience.
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00:15 Black-eyed Susan
00:34 White Clover
02:26 Golden Rod
04:05 Joe-Pye weed
05:36 Elderberry
06:18 Dwarf sunflowers
07:27 Bee Mimic Fly
07:49 Sun flower
08:32 Giant hyssop
09:38 Red raspberry
12:02 Cosmos
13:05 Meadow knapweed
17:34 Maximilian sunflower
19:58 Firefly
20:49 Milkweed
24:00 Queen Anne's lace
24:53 Thistle (https://www.newworldencyclopedia.org/entry/burdock) Burdock is a thistle.
25:46 American pokeweed
28:42 Solitary pollinator house
28:51 Catnip
30:04 Self-heal
There are many varieties of plants that provide for a wide range of pollinators. Today's reference is a new book by the Xerces Society
100 Plants to Feed The Bees
Provide a Healthy Habitat to Help Pollinators Thrive
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For those wanting to know what plant identification app I use, here it is:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.plantnet&hl=en_US&gl=US
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