Honey Bees in the Garden:  July

By Mindy03
July 6, 2011

Independence Day and the beginning of the hottest days of summer, the Dog Days, are the major events in July. Gardeners and honey bees are trying to keep cool and harvesting food.

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Jul 5, 2011 10:00 PM CST
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You are writing an excellent and important series on providing for our honeybees, Margaret.

Thanks for all your research and knowledge and especially thank you for sharing it with us.
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Jul 6, 2011 4:35 AM CST
Name: Margaret
Delta KY
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Thank you Sharon. I'm enoying learning about honey bees and the plants that provide them with food.
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Jul 6, 2011 4:36 AM CST
Name: Vicki
North Carolina
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Margaret, thank you so much for a wonderful and informative article!

I really enjoyed it! Thumbs up

vic
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Jul 6, 2011 8:02 AM CST
Name: Margaret
Delta KY
I'm A Charley's Girl For Sure
Forum moderator I helped beta test the Garden Planting Calendar Hosted a Not-A-Raffle-Raffle Charter ATP Member I was one of the first 300 contributors to the plant database! Beekeeper
Seed Starter Permaculture Region: Kentucky Million Pollinator Garden Challenge Garden Ideas: Master Level
Thank you vic. I am glad you enjoyed it.

In case you all didn't notice....with this article I made the plant names clickable to the entry in the Plants For Honey Bees database. There you can check out things like the latin name, zones, plant type, color of honey if it's a nectar plant and pollen color if it's a pollen plant and I found that information, and comments.

Let me know if you like this change.
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Jul 6, 2011 8:44 AM CST
Name: Vicki
North Carolina
I helped beta test the Garden Planting Calendar I sent a postcard to Randy! Charter ATP Member I was one of the first 300 contributors to the plant database! Forum moderator Region: United States of America
Purslane Garden Art Region: North Carolina Celebrating Gardening: 2015 Garden Ideas: Master Level Million Pollinator Garden Challenge
I did notice Hurray! - I clicked and I love it! Thumbs up
NATIONAL GARDENING ASSOCIATION ~ Garden Art ~ Purslane & Portulaca ~
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Jul 6, 2011 9:38 AM CST
Thread OP

Great links!
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Jul 6, 2011 10:21 AM CST
Name: Christine
North East Texas (Zone 7b)
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Another great article, Margaret.

Thank you.

Enjoy the links too. Oh and I've been meaning to go back to your last article with the nectar plants...there were some that constantly reproduce nectar & I want to try to grow those in my garden! Big Grin
May your life be like a wildflower, growing freely in the beauty and joy of each day --Native American Proverb

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Jul 6, 2011 10:31 AM CST
Name: Margaret
Delta KY
I'm A Charley's Girl For Sure
Forum moderator I helped beta test the Garden Planting Calendar Hosted a Not-A-Raffle-Raffle Charter ATP Member I was one of the first 300 contributors to the plant database! Beekeeper
Seed Starter Permaculture Region: Kentucky Million Pollinator Garden Challenge Garden Ideas: Master Level
Thanks for the feedback on the links. Since they are popular I will continue to do them.

Christine so glad you are enjoying the articles.
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