Do you want to save your vegetables from the honey bees’ attack? Looking for ways to attract the bees away from your vegetables and delicate flowers? Many gardeners use different flowers and items to attract the honey bees so that they won’t harm the vegetables.
In this article, we will tell you the methods to grow a honey bee garden and the best way to attract honey bees away from the garden items.
What is Bee garden?
Bee Garden is a garden that is prepared only for one purpose and that is to attract the bees. It is done so that the seeds can turn into fruits by the pollinators that are transferred in them with the help of bees and butterflies.
It is observed that around 3 quarter of the flowering plants requires pollinators to reproduce the fruits. Also with the help of a bee garden, you can be able to provide the habitat for the honeybees as with the use of chemicals and pesticides, honeybees have to move from one place to another.
How to grow a Honey bee garden?
- Grow plants with nectar and pollen
Choose the plants which provide a continuous flowering period especially in the time of March to September, so that bees would get attracted towards it and help in growing the plant and converts it into a fruit - Group the plants together
The bees would attract towards the garden if we find out that you have grown their favorite flowers. Bee loves wildflowers, flowering herbs, and many flowering fruits and vegetables too. You need to group these plants close to each other so that they can be a perfect bee attractor for the bees. - Choose the plants with long blooming cycles
If you pick the plants with long blooming cycles or the plants with successive blooms, then you will be able to attract the bees again and again. - Do not use Pesticides or chemicals
Pesticides and chemicals are toxic for the bees and that’s why they left their first habitat. All these chemicals will kill the important pollinators and also harms the soil if the gardener uses this excessively. - Providing a water source
Bees would be attracted if they find a fresh water source in your garden as bees and butterflies always look for a habitat in which they can find all the necessary things around them.
Which plants attract the bees?
There are many plants that you can plant if you want to attract some bees and also according to the season like:
- Choose plants that bloom in the summer, spring, and autumn seasons so that you can be able to feed the honeybees and attract them throughout the blooming time.
- For the spring season, you can choose Tulip, Chives, and Rosemary.
- For the summer season, you can go for the Borage, Sage, lavender, Basil, and Phlox.
- For the autumn season, choose plants like Topinambour or Jerusalem artichoke and Chrysanthemum.
With all these points, you will be able to make a bee garden and attracts most of the bees and butterflies towards your garden for pollination and blooming season. Try these methods and make your garden better for bees and butterflies.
