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Toni said:@jenniferatemple
Maybe asking you before I do more diligent research is inappropriate
but, I can’t help but cringe at milkweed since I recently saw a documentary on how the milkweed is such a crazy attractant for honeybees that they can’t resist it but when they go to harvest its nectar and pollen they come back with this sticky substance that causes them to die a very slow death.... TERRIBLE
I wish I had written down who did the documentary (with pictures) but I was so appalled I didn’t think of it....
Do you have any experience with that?
I am always looking for wonderful things to plant for my honeybees and the butterflies but that one just scares me.

No, but then I cut the milk weed back when the cosmos really gets going and my bees seem to go for the cosmos. BUT, that is disturbing because the Monarchs really need the milkweed. It certainly makes for challenging decisions as to what to plant! If you can relocate that documentary, please post a line about who made it and the title. I would liker to watch it.