{"id":9765,"date":"2020-02-24T11:26:14","date_gmt":"2020-02-24T01:26:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.brisbanehomeshow.com.au\/?p=9765"},"modified":"2024-01-16T05:52:45","modified_gmt":"2024-01-16T05:52:45","slug":"get-buzz-from-bee-friendly-garden","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/homeshows.com.au\/brisbane\/blog\/get-buzz-from-bee-friendly-garden","title":{"rendered":"Get A BUZZ From A Bee-Friendly Garden"},"content":{"rendered":"

Beekeeping is a fantastic hobby, but it is a labour of love and not necessarily for everyone. However, there are things that everybody can do to help both native bees and European honey bees \u2013 such as planting flowering plants, leaving some bare dirt patches around the garden un-mulched, allowing last season\u2019s leftover stalks to lie and installing pollinator houses.<\/p>\n

European honey bees pollinate a third of our food crops, making a huge contribution to our food supply chain, our economy and the broader ecosystem. So the more we can help them do their thing, the better off everyone is.<\/p>\n

European honey bees will feast on a range of flowering plants, but they do have preferences. Like humans, bees love herbs. And they\u2019re great to plant as they\u2019re handy in the kitchen and around the house too. And there are many beautiful flowering shrubs and trees you can plant which will have nearby bees\u2019 waggle-dancing with joy.<\/p>\n

Bees are also attracted to many food plants. The great thing about planting some citrus, strawberries or a passionfruit vine is the symbiotic benefit. The bees get their pollen and nectar, and the plants produce bigger, healthier, better formed fruit in greater abundance.<\/p>\n

The thyme is right<\/h3>\n

Bees looooove thyme. It\u2019s a one-stop shop for foragers, providing high yields of both pollen and nectar.<\/p>\n

Give it good drainage, and it will prosper in most climates. You can even use it on paths and as a lawn plant. It\u2019s also a delicious culinary herb. Popular throughout the Mediterranean because it makes for super-yummy honey, neighbouring beekeepers will love you if you plant this.<\/p>\n

Lovely lavender<\/h3>\n

Bees love blue and violet flowers best, especially the many species of lavender you can grow at home. Like thyme, it produces an abundance of both pollen and nectar.<\/p>\n

A beautiful plant to grow, you can use sprigs to scent your home. Nothing is nicer than being downwind from a lavender bush on a sweet, breezy summer day.<\/p>\n

Great sage<\/h3>\n

Sage costs a fortune at the shops, so planting plenty of it in your yard or on your balcony is fantastic for the home cook on a budget. It also happens to produce flowers that are among the honey bees very favourites.<\/p>\n

They go crazy for it! When they find some, they will do a dance, so the rest of the colony knows where the party is.<\/p>\n

Other Plants bees love<\/h3>\n

Herbs<\/h5>\n