March Plants for Honey Bees

By Mindy03
March 13, 2012

It's March, the month spring officially arrives according to the calendar. Mother Nature might have different plans, but plants are bursting forth with renewed growth and the cool weather plants are blooming, bringing joy to everyone. Honey bees have built up their numbers and are busy taking advantage of the bountiful supply of food.

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Mar 12, 2012 8:16 PM CST
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Name: Sandy Coffman
Jacksonville, Florida
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Add to that list 'African Basil. I had one plant last year and had honey bees, several kinds of native bees and several kinds of wasp.
Just get 4 of them in the mail today. Going to have fun taking pictures of all the feeding bees this summer
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Mar 13, 2012 2:42 AM CST
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1st bee of the year for me...
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Mar 13, 2012 4:22 AM CST
Name: Carole
Clarksville, TN (Zone 6b)
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Yes, they are on the move here too. So great to see them. Things are blooming all over the place since we've had such a warm winter. The Bradford pear trees are stunning in full bloom now ... and just full of bees.
I garden for the pollinators.
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Mar 13, 2012 4:40 AM CST
Name: Margaret
Delta KY
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I'm sure there's a lot of plants not listed that are blooming for them. Don't want to run out of plants to list for next year
Smiling Be sure to list any you have that's blooming and has bees on them.

jnorth what a lovely picture. they got orange pollen from that plant so you helped them with feeding those babies and making royal jelly for the queen. Hurray!
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Mar 13, 2012 10:18 AM CST
Name: Vicki
North Carolina
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Always enjoy your bee info Margaret Thumbs up
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Mar 13, 2012 1:00 PM CST
Name: Margaret
Delta KY
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I tip my hat to you.
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Mar 18, 2012 2:11 PM CST
Name: Linda Williams
Medina Co., TX (Zone 8a)
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The main attractions right now for the bees are the Bigtooth Maple, Mexican Buckeye and Texas Ash trees. Not that there's not others they go to, but that's the top three. I think the bees in Texas will make a good comeback this year.
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Mar 18, 2012 5:12 PM CST
Name: Margaret
Delta KY
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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
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That's good to hear LInda. Bradford Pear trees and Redbuds are the big attractions here right now.
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