Honeybee on Coltsfoot Flower
A few “Buzzzzzzzz Worthy” flowers that honeybees like… And when you see some of these wildflowers and weeds in your yard preserve a patch for the pollinators.
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By Virginia Wright
Happy Earth Day Everyone! I’ve been reading messages in one form or another all over the internet today. Google’s home page, on Blogs, in the Online Newspapers…but what is EARTH DAY and what does it mean to you?
Earth Day is a day that is planned for April 22 each year, for the next three years anyway, to help bring awareness and gratefulness of the Earth’s natural environment. It is a day for mankind to reconnect with the Earth and globally appreciating its existence. Earth Day has been around since April 22, 1970 when John McConnell Pioneered Earth day, and this day is now being coordinated by the Earth Day Network.
GETTING ONE WITH THE EARTH and nature is good for the soul! Some of the best therapy, in my mind, is to take your bare hands and dig in the soil.
How can you get your green on? You can start by giving back to the earth by planting your favorite plants, or favorite pollinator flowers…
Have you planted your pollinator garden yet? Earth Day, would be a good time to start!
Earth Day | Dave from Dave's Bees Planting
Source (s):
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earth_Day
http://www.epa.gov/superfund/kids/earthday.htm
The greatest pollinators, bees, are responsible for one out of every three bites of the food we eat. Most of the food grown i.e., vegetables, fruit, need pollination by insects, such as the honeybee.
Aster © Virginia Wright
THE HONEYBEE – Isn’t it interesting to know, that the honeybee is an “Insect” that provide us with something that we can eat? It’s that golden, sweet, healthy for us food called—honey! With the disappearing honeybee population, our honey supplies are diminishing in the United States. This situation is called CCD or Colony Collapse Disorder: and researchers are trying to figure out reasons for honeybee disappearance; some say chemicals are at fault.
You can help the honeybee population by planting a flower garden with flowers that grow in your local area that honeybees like. I will list a few that I know of that are great fodder when these wonderful pollinators are foraging for food.
*Zinnia’s
*Aster
*Heather
*Black-Eyed Susan
*Cone Flower
No matter what type flower plot you plant for the bees, don’t use chemicals on your garden…this could be detrimental (harmful) to these much needed pollinator’s.
Family Fun
Planting a flower garden for our greatest pollinator is an activity the whole family can participate in!