Plants for Bees
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Farhan Ahmed
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Re: Plants for Bees
Personal observation: , bees are attracted by hollihox, Geraniums, Marigolds and Zinnias. I have 2 bee hives in my backyard, one in the Bougainvillea bush and another one in Rangoon creeper. they seems to be very choosy about flowers. 
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Izhar
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Re: Plants for Bees
Powerful Bee magnets in my experience: alternanthera spp., portulaca, salvia...
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Khalid Abro
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Re: Plants for Bees
I didn't belive when i first saw number of bees crawling around small flowers of conocarpus erectus at my home and on my detailed inspection i found many species of other flies on the flowers hence proved cono is also a powerful bee magnet.