Rural Gardening: Average Gardener wants to be kind to bees, 0 by UniversalGarden

UniversalGarden wrote:
The well being of honey bees is determined by several key factors. Besides the important things that the hive requires, bees have to have good fresh water available whenever they need it. Next, they need a variety of flowering plants to obtain nectar and most importantly pollen. The more plants you grow that provide an abundant source of nectar and pollen from organically grown plants, the more prolific the hive they support will flourish. The more fresh, running water and non toxic plants (those grown without petro-chemicals) the more robust the bee will be. Look at this photo, it is of bees from some of my hives that I keep. Here they have a source of nectar and pollen from huge prickly pear cactus I grow in Arizona. This is one of several plants I maintain for my bees. The rewards are amazing, healthy flourishing hives that provide the best tasting honey and pollen you can imagine.

This message was edited Aug 7, 2008 1:51 PM