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"The men of
experiment are like the ant; they only collect and use. But the bee...gathers its materials from the flowers of the garden
and of the field, but transforms and digests it by a power of its own."
~Leonardo da Vinci
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- Choose plants that will bloom at different times of the year. The goal is to have continuous "food" available all year round.
- Do not plant double flowered or pollen-less plant
species (only). Bees need nectar flowers whose reproductive parts are easy to reach. Single flowers offer this much better.
- Plant "bee friendly" plants near your vegetable garden. You may see an increased yield.
- Provide a home
for bees.
- Avoid, or better yet eliminate the use of pesticides.
- Plant fragrant flowers, bees are attracted to the odor.
- Bees
like lavender, blue, purple, yellow and white flowers due to their eye-site (see fact below)
- Plant like flowers together to provide more attraction power.
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- There are approximately 4,000 species of native bees in North America.
- Native bees and honey bees are different species.
- Most
native bees are solitary.
- Most native bees burrow in the ground, with the rest
making their home in existing cavities (beetle holes, twigs, holes in trees).
- Bumble
bees and sweat bees are the socialites of the native bees.
- Female bees lay eggs
in a hole, close the hole with mud, leaves, or anything to seal the entrance. She only lives a few weeks, and dies after the
nest is sealed.
- The egg, larva, and pupa stages of the baby bees take approximately
11 months, and they will emerge the following season.
- Bees see in four colors:
yellow-orange, blue, blue-green and untraviolet. They can not see red.
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