Comments on: Thursday 13 – Things you can do for honeybees today!

By: Linda

Linda — Wed, 25 Mar 2009 00:50:46 +0000

We were so happy on the weekend. There seems to be a lot of bees at our newer house. They were having a lovely time. I can’t remember the moment what their favourite plant was that had them so happy.

By: Heather

Heather — Fri, 20 Mar 2009 20:15:42 +0000

A great, informative post. Now if only we could train the dog owners in my complex to keep their mutts away from the flowers. Unfortunately, since they’ve already ruined huge patches of grass, that doesn’t seem likely. : (

By: Ivanhoe

Ivanhoe — Fri, 20 Mar 2009 19:54:37 +0000

Oh no, just one hive made it? Poor bees. I like your back up plan for this fall though. Happy Spring, Claudia! )

By: The Gal Herself

The Gal Herself — Fri, 20 Mar 2009 17:40:21 +0000

This may seem incongruous coming from me, since I am deathly allergic to bee sting and carry an epipen with me at all times, but I think your post was great and important. I am very against Chemlawn and all those sprays because they mess with animals life in serious ways. I agree with you on dandelions, too. Thanks for sharing

By: Los Angelista

Los Angelista — Fri, 20 Mar 2009 11:08:41 +0000

I love you and your bees, Claudia! I usually buy honey at the farmer’s market but someone just told me I shouldn’t because it’s not pasteurized and so I could get sick. That didn’t sound right to me, but what do you think?

By: samulli

samulli — Fri, 20 Mar 2009 10:09:50 +0000

Well, looks like my garden is already pretty bee-friendly, even though we don’t have hive ourselves. Our lawns are full of dandelions, daisies and right now crocusses and tulips. My mom loves asters and lillies, so she has tons of them. We genereally don’t spray anything chemical, because my dad doesn’t believe in it. He always makes some kind of brew from stinging nettles, which he swears by for pretty much everything. LOL And we have a pond, where all summer long the bees and other insects come to drink.
Maybe I should get a hive. Looks like they would feel right at home in our garden?

By: Journeywoman

Journeywoman — Fri, 20 Mar 2009 03:48:37 +0000

Okay, I have a massive bee phobia, but I will leave my dandelions alone.

By: whiterabbit

whiterabbit — Fri, 20 Mar 2009 03:27:25 +0000

Very interesting post! I didn’t know alot of that stuff before reading. Happy TT.

By: Eaton Bennett

Eaton Bennett — Fri, 20 Mar 2009 03:10:35 +0000

Wonderful 13! I didn’t realize about Dandelions and water.
But I did know about Pesticides. All the best with your bee saving plans.

By: Bumbles

Bumbles — Fri, 20 Mar 2009 02:47:55 +0000

You get our vote for most Interesting T13! I didn’t know any of this. I will make note of the organic/chem. free honey brands. We try to use pet safe fertilizer and don’t spray any chemicals so hopefully we’re using the right stuff. I am psyched to learn that the Black Eyed Susans are good – and we used to have lots of Irises. Bee Bombs too – those HAVE to be good, right?