Participate in helping to track native bees in the United States. The Great Sunflower Project is an easy backyard citizen science program where you can help track bee populations by simply planting sunflowers and counting how long it takes for five bees to visit. Their site provides forums for help along with photo galleries if [...]

A lot of effort has gone into the bee garden portion of my backyard habitat. I’ve studied, I’ve planned, I have lists dang it of plants for the best food sources to provide bee friendly blooms all year. I’m obsessed with attracting a feral hive but you know how these things go, the best laid [...]

In my quest for a native bee friendly garden the latest plant I have added is a personal favorite, Alabama snow-wreath Neviusia alabamensis. This shrub is native to the Southeastern United States and rare throughout its range. A beautiful addition to the spring garden, in May Alabama snow-wreath puts on a display of unique, feathery [...]

Create a bee garden. Native shrubs and tree bloom time by month to help provide a continuous source of food for honey bees. This data is based in Georgia so your bloom times may differ. This is my personal foundation planting list I keep for my bee garden and only trees, shrubs for large scale [...]