My yard is abuzz!by Tara Nolan |
Yesterday during my mid-week holiday (Happy Birthday Canada!), I was able to get out in the garden for several hours. Amid the weeding and trimming and edging I noticed that a few of my tall, yellow wildflowers that seem to have bloomed overnight were a little bent over. As I tried to lift them, not one, but several little bees flew out. This made my day. And as I looked around, I saw bees on my other blooms, as well. I’ve been reading a lot lately about the importance of bees in the garden and about their alarming decline in Canada. Knowing that I’m attracting these vital pollinators to my garden makes me want to plant more bee-friendly blooms.
Here are a couple of articles on CanadianGardening.com about how you can make your home a healthy habitat for bees:
Tags: bees, honeybees, pollinators
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There seems to be a shortage of bees throughout the land. Farmers are renting bees in some areas because they are not populace enough for their crops.
Yes, I have heard about that, however I seem to have a lot of bees here. My neighbor must have a bees nest nearby, as she can’t use her deck anymore because of the bees.
Elizabeth