attracting bees to your garden
On a recent radio gardening program, a listener rang in to say he
discovered that bees love cornmeal. He spreads cornmeal around his garden and the bees flock to it. I got the impression that he uses it uncooked and unsweetened--just the polentia flour straight out of the packet, and sprinkled around the garden near to or on the plants whose flowers he wants pollinated. Try it when your garden needs bees, and let us know the results. -- John Savage, trying his best to report with no trace of scepticism |
attracting bees to your garden
In this weather, I would have thought some damp cotton rags in a dish of water, or wettex floating in the water would be better. Remember bees need water as much as birds, and need somewhere where they can "soak" it up Linda On Sun, 19 Jan 2003 19:58:28 GMT, John Savage wrote: On a recent radio gardening program, a listener rang in to say he discovered that bees love cornmeal. He spreads cornmeal around his garden and the bees flock to it. I got the impression that he uses it uncooked and unsweetened--just the polentia flour straight out of the packet, and sprinkled around the garden near to or on the plants whose flowers he wants pollinated. Try it when your garden needs bees, and let us know the results. |
attracting bees to your garden
HUH???
Susan not succeeding in reading without skepticism! John Savage wrote: On a recent radio gardening program, a listener rang in to say he discovered that bees love cornmeal. He spreads cornmeal around his garden and the bees flock to it. I got the impression that he uses it uncooked and unsweetened--just the polentia flour straight out of the packet, and sprinkled around the garden near to or on the plants whose flowers he wants pollinated. Try it when your garden needs bees, and let us know the results. -- John Savage, trying his best to report with no trace of scepticism |
attracting bees to your garden
I don't know about cornmeal, but I planted 72 Zinnias in my front yard
last spring. I have never seen so many visits from bees in years. They love the flower. So do butterflies. John Savage wrote: On a recent radio gardening program, a listener rang in to say he discovered that bees love cornmeal. He spreads cornmeal around his garden and the bees flock to it. I got the impression that he uses it uncooked and unsweetened--just the polentia flour straight out of the packet, and sprinkled around the garden near to or on the plants whose flowers he wants pollinated. Try it when your garden needs bees, and let us know the results. -- John Savage, trying his best to report with no trace of scepticism |
attracting bees to your garden
On Wed, 22 Jan 2003 02:31:45 GMT, Alice Gamewell
wrote: I don't know about cornmeal, but I planted 72 Zinnias in my front yard last spring. I have never seen so many visits from bees in years. They love the flower. So do butterflies. Lavendar is also a good drawcard for bees. I did a bit of researching regarding bees and their attracton to cornmeal, and found that it's true. Apparently it can be a nuisance for people with bird feeders, as cornmeal in some bird feed can attract a lot of bees. I'm going to sprinkle some polenta about the garden and see what happens. Can't hurt to try! Tom Elliott remove `mapsitna' from email address to reply by email. |
attracting bees to your garden
The other thing is that bee gardens were traditionally blue, as that
is the only colour that bees (and other insects) can distinguish from a sort of grey. And they are going crazy in my lavendar at the moment, even though it has gone almost grey. Linda Lavendar is also a good drawcard for bees. |
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