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Plants to Attract Honey Bees #62678 February 26th, 2006 at 10:20 AM
Joined: Feb 2006 Fayetteville NC USA L LilacLover OP Member
OP LilacLover Member L Joined: Feb 2006 Fayetteville NC USA	Last Summer I planted a lot of plants in hopes to attract bees. I love watching them buzz and work. I planted some Bee Balm, Butterfly Bushes, & Mosquitoe plants, & Coreopisis...any other ideas?

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Re: Plants to Attract Honey Bees #62679 February 26th, 2006 at 11:00 AM
Joined: Apr 2005 norman, ok peppereater Member
peppereater Member Joined: Apr 2005 norman, ok	Many plants that have conspicuos flowers attract bees. I have some cosmos seed, it atracts bumblebees and tons of butterflies. PM me your address, I'll send some. Zinnias also attract all sorts of bees, and butterflies.

Re: Plants to Attract Honey Bees #62680 February 27th, 2006 at 08:28 PM
Joined: Jun 2003 NB Canada tamara Member
tamara Member Joined: Jun 2003 NB Canada	Astilbes (perrenial for shade), I have never had so many bees in my life until I planted these. My apple trees are gonna love me for this.

Re: Plants to Attract Honey Bees #62681 February 28th, 2006 at 11:12 AM
Joined: Feb 2006 Fayetteville NC USA L LilacLover OP Member
OP LilacLover Member L Joined: Feb 2006 Fayetteville NC USA	Never head of those type of plants? What do they look like?

Re: Plants to Attract Honey Bees #62682 February 28th, 2006 at 08:15 PM
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tamara Member Joined: Jun 2003 NB Canada	Hoping this link works www.thegardenhelper.com/astilbe.html

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