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Help for Bees

purplerallimpurplerallim Posts: 5,287
in Wildlife gardening
My daughters friend is a bee keeper, and has told her of some new research results. 
It seems that bees that have fed on Thyme flowers have healthier hives and suffer less from parasites.  So they are advocating gardeners that want to help bees to grow Thyme. 😁

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  • OwlbearOwlbear Posts: 49
    Reminds me of an article from last year about similar benefits with Heather flowers.

    https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-49977867
  • Dirty HarryDirty Harry Posts: 1,048
    For the past 2 years I've noticed just how much the bees love the small pot of thyme I have.
  • purplerallimpurplerallim Posts: 5,287
    Interesting @Owlbear 🤔
  • wild edgeswild edges Posts: 10,497
    Some of my thymes are covered in flowers and bees right now (the others are sulking after being covered in toddlers last year :| ). It's mostly red-tailed bumblebees but I saw this bee getting stuck in yesterday and I've no idea what it is.

    If you can keep your head, while those around you are losing theirs, you may not have grasped the seriousness of the situation.
  • joe.shimminjoe.shimmin Posts: 214
    My wife told me that some birds take lavender into their nests as it has some antimicrobial properties. 
  • purplerallimpurplerallim Posts: 5,287
    Lavender 🤢
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