I plant borage every year in my garden. The bees love it.
My daughter put up two bee houses last fall. No sign of bees using them yet.
Marilyn
"clarissa" wrote in message
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Hi to all gardeners Does anyone have any suggestions on how to entice
bees
to increase their numbers? What flowers do they particularly like? Do
those little bee houses actually work? I no longer use insecticides -
except on rare occasions when a prized plant is about to succumb - and
then
only such specific things as bacillus thuringensis for caterpillers and
spray only that particular spot where the nasties are. Could even this
small
amount of spray be too much for the bees? I even dug up all the roses
that
seemed to have black spot all the time. I have a lot of flowers in summer
and despite being in my garden everyday for a couple of hours, I only see
about 5 bees a summer. Can home gardens help bees in some way or has the
problem originated in some area other than than residential yards? Thanks
for any suggestions
Clarissa Vancouver BC