Start a Bee Garden!! …
Start getting your bee garden prepared. Here’s a list of some favourite bee plants and flowers: Abelia, Butterfly Bush, Bottlebrush – Callistemon, Gum Blossom, Spider Flower, Lavender, Tea Tree, Honey Myrtle, Rosemary, Daisies, Grevilleas, Salvias, Roses, Duranti
If you have a vegie garden you can let the plants go to flower. Bees like things like Shallot flowers, Tomato flowers, Macadamias, Mangos, Watermelons, Lychees, Strawberries, Citrus, Avocados
Below – Stingless Bee on a Marigold Flower
Below – Homalictus on a Marigold
Below – Homalictus – Bubbling Nectar – They send out the Nectar and take it back in repeatedly to reduce the water content…
Below – Honey Bees also like Marigolds
Below – Shallot Flower with a Native Stingless Bee
Below – White flowers on the Arabica Coffee plant
Below – Salvia
Below – Roses for Leaf Cutters…
Below – Daisy with a Native Stingless Bee
Below – Blue Banded Bee with a Salvia
Below – Duranti with a Blue Banded Bee
Below – Honey Bee on Lavender
Below – Honey Bee on Osteospermum
Below – Bee Garden
Link with more info about plants for bees: http://blog.flowersacrossmelbourne.com.au/flowers/flowers-for-bees/
Native Bee Gardens, Native Bee Plants
