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What to plant for bees #6465742
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I am looking for something that provides a late summer bloom for the bees. Or anything they love. What to plant?

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Just from observation and not experience, Rosemary and sunflowers always attract bees.

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Might check with your county extension office to see about a pollinator program. But off the top of my head I’d say alfalfa , it typically blooms just before it’s ready to be cut and I usually get three cuttings a year .

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Buckwheat, should get two or maybe three blooms a season. It will be loaded with bees.

Re: What to plant for bees [Re: SDB] #6465775
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The best recommendation will very much depend on the area and size you are planning to plant. Is it Ag land and do you have tilling equipment or is it area you will let go "wild" with pollinator plants? There are several good "crop" choices but they for the most part are only blooming a portion of the bee season. But "natural" planting can be planted with a wide variety good bee plants that will feed them all season. Need to to know more of your situation to be very helpful.


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Re: What to plant for bees [Re: SDB] #6465864
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Golden rod is great for bees. Conifer trees are also a great addition. Sunflowers

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Buckwheat.

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Originally Posted by Furfool12
Golden rod is great for bees. Conifer trees are also a great addition. Sunflowers


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Re: What to plant for bees [Re: SDB] #6465893
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Im no bee expert , but russian sage is hardy and blooms into late fall. Alot of bees on it ive noticed in sept oct


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Re: What to plant for bees [Re: SDB] #6465897
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Thistles make awesome honey. I know crop farmers are going to hate me. But I have bought thistle honey. Thistles also attract little yellow birds. Sorry I can't keep track of wild birds. We mow our thistles right before they go to seed.

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You looking for annuals or perennials?
What do you mean by late summer. To me late summer would be mid August on to frost
What would or do you have for spring and or early summer
Do you want to cut the crop whatever it is to have more flowering seasons or days?

Alfalfa flowers in early June around here and will be brown by the 4th of July.
I agree talk with some experienced bee keepers.

Below is a link that offers ideas for full season options for bees

http://www.countryfarm-lifestyles.com/honey-plants.html#.XGtnCehKiM8
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Re: What to plant for bees [Re: SDB] #6465985
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Plant you some buckwheat. We can get three blooms here.


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Check Pheasants forever. Planted 2 acres, mix of flowers, clover, etc. Doing great until freeze up.

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I see bee boxes on the prairie but always near a creek or river area. Thinking about what kind of crop would be close there isn't any. Grass and cedar trees and what ever wild flowering plants would be it. So what would they live on in this kind of country?


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Re: What to plant for bees [Re: SDB] #6466094
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Buckwheat, if you want to plant annual. Goldenrod as perrenial. Buckwheat blossoms produce an extremely dark honey. Goldenrod honey is also a darker honey. Japanese knotweed, an invasive, also provides a great late August- early September flow.

In my area of Pa., under ideal conditions, bees can produce more honey in September than the rest of the season combined.

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I just planted some Indian Blanket for a bee-keeper. It blooms until frost, and is a native prairie species. Also planted a lot of different Asters, very hardy, but bloom late in the year generally. Both good for bees is what I was told.


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Re: What to plant for bees [Re: SDB] #6466130
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Aster is about the last thing that bees work here in Pa. I always take my honey off before it emerges, as aster based honey will crystallize quickly in a cell....sugared up honey in supers is a bummer. I let the bees gather it and store it in the bottom hive bodies.

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Any of the many Sedums are also late bloomers, low maintenance and very bee attractive.


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Originally Posted by Bigbrownie
Aster is about the last thing that bees work here in Pa. I always take my honey off before it emerges, as aster based honey will crystallize quickly in a cell....sugared up honey in supers is a bummer. I let the bees gather it and store it in the bottom hive bodies.

I know NOTHING about bees except they make honey. This guy has about 60 acres of flowers and an orchard, with his hives in the middle. Had me plant the species I mentioned close to the hives. Said that his bees needed more late blooming flowers. That's all I know.

I will say he only had me plant 1/2 acre with the Indian Blanket and Asters.

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Re: What to plant for bees [Re: SDB] #6466161
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Dolichos lablab, hyacinth bean, really attracts bees and hummingbirds and will bloom heavily from late Spring unill the first hard frost. It is a vigorous climber, but will grow on the ground too, if there is nothing to climb. I measured a tendril that grew 22 inches in one day. Hyacinth bean smells fantastic and gets a multitude of flower stalks up to at least 18 inches long.

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