Comments on: Attracting Bees To Your Garden… http://politicook.net/2009/05/03/attracting-bees-to-your-garden/ Food for the Progressive Soul Wed, 04 Jan 2012 01:49:15 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Monkeyfister http://politicook.net/2009/05/03/attracting-bees-to-your-garden/comment-page-1/#comment-10190 Monkeyfister Tue, 05 May 2009 00:12:27 +0000 http://politicook.net/?p=3328#comment-10190 And by the way-- the credit goes to my friend, MadSat, he's the genius, I'm just the lacy stenographer. Cheers! --mf And by the way– the credit goes to my friend, MadSat, he’s the genius, I’m just the lacy stenographer.

Cheers!

–mf

]]> By: Monkeyfister http://politicook.net/2009/05/03/attracting-bees-to-your-garden/comment-page-1/#comment-10189 Monkeyfister Tue, 05 May 2009 00:11:26 +0000 http://politicook.net/?p=3328#comment-10189 Hey, Doc-- Do some Googling on "Companion Gardening" and "Flower Bug Traps." Go along those lines. There are flowers that attract bees, but keep away pest bugs to plant in the veggie garden, and then there are strategies for planting specific flowers and plants to attract pests away from your garden. Really damned interesting when you get into it. Over this next year, I'm going to set up a couple of trap beds, and keep on spraying the de-sugared balm around the veggies as an experiment. I'll do it again next year, and report the findings as I note them. Should be a fun little study. --mf Hey, Doc–

Do some Googling on “Companion Gardening” and “Flower Bug Traps.”

Go along those lines.

There are flowers that attract bees, but keep away pest bugs to plant in the veggie garden, and then there are strategies for planting specific flowers and plants to attract pests away from your garden. Really damned interesting when you get into it.

Over this next year, I’m going to set up a couple of trap beds, and keep on spraying the de-sugared balm around the veggies as an experiment. I’ll do it again next year, and report the findings as I note them. Should be a fun little study.

–mf

]]> By: drchelo http://politicook.net/2009/05/03/attracting-bees-to-your-garden/comment-page-1/#comment-10184 drchelo Mon, 04 May 2009 13:09:03 +0000 http://politicook.net/?p=3328#comment-10184 Great post, MonkeyFister. I have three or four different kinds of bees that come to my garden - Some are the large, round, and fuzzy stumbly-bumbly bees that bounce around the flowers in the herb garden, a couple of populations of honeybees (I think some of them have been Africanized, as they are pretty aggressive) and some ground-dwelling mason bees. It is great fun to go out on a warmish morning and watch the bees gorge themselves on the Salvia and lavender flowers. I'm thinking of planting some Monarda or other flowering plants in the veggie garden to attract the bees. Even if they aren't necessary for pollinating much in my garden, I love to watch them. Great post, MonkeyFister. I have three or four different kinds of bees that come to my garden – Some are the large, round, and fuzzy stumbly-bumbly bees that bounce around the flowers in the herb garden, a couple of populations of honeybees (I think some of them have been Africanized, as they are pretty aggressive) and some ground-dwelling mason bees.
It is great fun to go out on a warmish morning and watch the bees gorge themselves on the Salvia and lavender flowers.
I’m thinking of planting some Monarda or other flowering plants in the veggie garden to attract the bees. Even if they aren’t necessary for pollinating much in my garden, I love to watch them.

]]> By: Scotia http://politicook.net/2009/05/03/attracting-bees-to-your-garden/comment-page-1/#comment-10183 Scotia Mon, 04 May 2009 04:31:12 +0000 http://politicook.net/?p=3328#comment-10183 What an interesting idea. I am passing this along to our local beekeepers. I am also going to try this. We are starting to have bees humming around our house this year. Be safe, MS, and come back to your bees! P. S. Funny story, I was a manager of 3 commercial buildings in Austin, TX in 1993, One building got invaded by a swarm of bees, I called the local bee tamer and he came out and captured the Queen in a box in the back of his van. How did he know/'knew' the Queen? He "said" she was 'larger' and it was the spot....hummmmm. What an interesting idea. I am passing this along to our local beekeepers. I am also going to try this. We are starting to have bees humming around our house this year.
Be safe, MS, and come back to your bees!
P. S. Funny story, I was a manager of 3 commercial buildings in Austin, TX in 1993, One building got invaded by a swarm of bees, I called the local bee tamer and he came out and captured the Queen in a box in the back of his van. How did he know/’knew’ the Queen? He “said” she was ‘larger’ and it was the spot….hummmmm.

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