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Honey Bees Go To School

Honey Bees don’t just instinctively communicate with each other. They have to learn their communication dance. An insect with the brain the size of a poppy seed can socially learn. Kinda like us, amazing! . Bees learn how to perform “waggle dances,” which guide other worker bees to food, when they’re young by touching their […]

Growing Flowers for Bees

Spring and Summer Bulbs Purple flowering onions (Allium spp.) Golden crocus (Crocus x luteus) Bishop Series dahlias* (Dahlia) Winter aconite (Eranthis hyemalis) Grape hyacinth (Muscari armeniacum) Siberian squill (Scilla sibirica) Perennials and Biennials Anise hyssop (Agastache foeniculum) Butterfly milkweed (Asclepias tuberosa) Lesser calamint (Calamintha nepeta) Cornflowers (Centaurea spp.) Gas plant (Dictamnus albus) Purple coneflower (Echinacea […]