to educate people about the importance of honey bees, and their relatives in the order Hymenoptera, for the pollination of food and flowers
to help provide the bees and other pollinators with more nectar and pollen, food for their families and community
to support the understanding that the collective power of many people to plant for the bees will make a difference in the health of our land and communities
to provide practical ideas on what may be planted for the bees, and to be a forum for exchanging these ideas with those in the Champlain Valley and beyond
...and tell us what you plan to plant this coming spring.
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Calendar for Helping the Bees: Northeastern U.S.
May: Decide to make your lawn smaller.
May-June: Plant vegetables for the bees.
May: Plant herbs and flowers for bees.
June: Allow burdock and goldenrod to grow around the edges of your lawn.
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Flowers Visited Late Fall 2008
Aster
Borage
Broccoli
Kale
Flowers Visited by Bees September 15-22
Aster family
Borage
Goldenrod
New England Aster
Russian Sage
Sedum
Flowers Visited by Bees August 15-September 15
Anise Hyssop
Asters
Borage
Catmint
Echinacea
Goldenrod
Motherwort
Sedum
Sweet Marjoram
Zinnia
Flowers Visited August 1-8
Anise Hyssop
Borage
Burdock
Catmint
Catnip
Clethra
Echinacea
Echinops (Globe thistle)
Motherwort
Motherwort
Oregano
Russian sage
Spearmint
Sweet marjoram
White sweet clover
Flowers Visited by Bees August 8-15
Anise Hyssop
Borage
Burdock
Catmint
Catnip
Echinacea
Echinops (globe thistle)
Motherwort
Russian sage
Spearmint
Sweet marjoram
Flowers Visited July 25-August 1
Anise Hyssop
Black cohosh
Borage
Burdock
Catmint
Catnip
Echinacea purpurea
Motherwort
Russian sage
Spearmint
White (Dutch) clover
White sweet clover
Flowers Visited July 15-25
Anise Hyssop
Black cohosh
Borage
Catmint
Lavender
Leek flowers
Motherwort
Mustard
Russian sage
Trumpet vine
Veronica
White clover
White sweet clover
Flowers Visited July 8-15
Catmint
Motherwort
Flowers Visited July 1-8
Catmint
Motherwort
Flowers Visited June 25-July 1
Catmint
Culinary Sage
Sumac
White Clover
Flowers Visited June 18-25
Catmint
Culinary sage (Salvia officinalis)
Staghorn sumac
White clover
Flowers Visited June 11-18
Black Raspberry
Catmint
Sedum (early yellow)
White Clover
Wild geranium
Flowers Visited June 4-11
Black locust (tree)
Black raspberry (rubus occidentalis)
Catmint
Chives
Ground ivy
May 31: Blackberry (rubus fruticosus)
Flowers Visited May 28 - June 3
Catmint
Ground Ivy
May 28: Black Raspberry
May 2008
Dandelion
Ground Ivy
Mustard
Flowers visited at or near Thistle Hill 9.10-10.1. 2007
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