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Gardening

Botany

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11. Stuff

Reply to Kaleva (Original post)

Wed Jul 20, 2022, 03:40 PM

Jul 2022

Figworts .... early and late and you will get all kinds of bees and pollinators

Smooth Sumac

Milkweed

Bluestem Goldenrod

Asters

This book is the stuff.

Doug Tallamy's books are great too.

BTW I'm an expert in this stuff.

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The bees seem to be gone [View all] Kaleva Jul 2022 OP

They are thin here too Chainfire Jul 2022 #1

Mine are scarce, still some hangers on. Gonna put out more water trays for them today. flying_wahini Jul 2022 #2

Might be a local thing, I have a lot of them in my bee balm and others. Ocelot II Jul 2022 #3

We have fewer bees than previous years CrispyQ Jul 2022 #4

our honey bees have been replaced by bumble bees! are they pollinators? samnsara Jul 2022 #5

Yes, bumbles will pollinate.... n/t getagrip_already Jul 2022 #6

I'm a beekeeper...... getagrip_already Jul 2022 #7

Interesting and thank you! MuseRider Jul 2022 #9

That is interesting! Kaleva Jul 2022 #10

I noticed a significant difference in the amount of bees this year. Bluethroughu Jul 2022 #8

Stuff Botany Jul 2022 #11

Thanks! Kaleva Jul 2022 #12