pollinators Archives - Boel's Garden https://boelsgarden.com/blog/category/pollinators-gardening/ and Recipe Corner Fri, 28 Jul 2017 23:11:19 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.2 Dill – Pollinator Heaven https://boelsgarden.com/blog/2014/07/10/dill-pollinator-heaven-2/ https://boelsgarden.com/blog/2014/07/10/dill-pollinator-heaven-2/#comments Thu, 10 Jul 2014 17:04:25 +0000 http://www.boelstoddard.com/?p=1008 Pollinator Heaven. Pollinators CHERISH dill, when in bloom. The flowers are too small for European honey bees, but countless wild bees which tend to be quite small absolutely LOVE dill. You’ll see clouds of them around dill. Beneficial wasps, and ladybugs, both of which prey on garden pests,also treasure dill. Since dill readily self-seeds, I […]

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]]> https://boelsgarden.com/blog/2014/07/10/dill-pollinator-heaven-2/feed/ 1 Bee Shortage? Or un-sprayed FLOWER shortage? https://boelsgarden.com/blog/2013/07/04/bee-shortage-or-un-sprayed-flower-shortage/ https://boelsgarden.com/blog/2013/07/04/bee-shortage-or-un-sprayed-flower-shortage/#comments Thu, 04 Jul 2013 18:23:55 +0000 http://www.boelstoddard.com/?p=941 “Watching the huge plumes of wild bees of EVERY size and description, hundreds and hundreds, swarming with great industry over our cilantro bed [which is in full flower] I can only conclude that if you plant it, and then • let it bolt, and go to seed • they will come…maybe there would be more […]

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