Honey Bee Wildflower Seed Mix

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Honey Bee Wildflower Seed Mixture - Planting flowers that produce pollen and nectar, especially during the weeks when crops are not blooming, help to provide nutrition to honey bees throughout the entire season. With enhanced nutrition and health, honey bees will be better equipped to fend off disease, pathogens, and the effects of stress.

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Many people have heard about the mysterious deaths of honey bees in recent years due to Colony Collapse Disorder (CCD). According to the U.S. Agricultural Research Service, CCD has resulted in the loss of about one third of honey bee hives in beekeeping operations across the United States. Recent studies suggest that CCD is caused by the combination of several factors which may include infectious pathogens, malnutrition, stress, and pesticides. Most recently, beekeepers have been striving to reduce pesticide use near hives and investing more in food supplies for their bees.

Honey bees don’t just produce wax and honey – they are extremely valuable pollinators of many agricultural crops. Honey bees are not native to the U.S. They originally came from Europe and were brought over by early colonists. The list of crops that are pollinated by honey bees is endless – including fruits, berries, nuts, clovers, alfalfa, canola, and many vegetables.

Honey Bee Flower Seed Mixture Contains*

This wildflower and flower seed mix provides honey bee forage for the entire growing season. It includes annual and perennial flowers that are proven favorites of honey bees.

• Rockcress (Arabis alpina)
• New England Aster (Aster novae-angliae)
• Smooth Aster (Aster laevis)
• White Upland Aster (Aster ptarmicoides)
• Borage (Borago officinalis)
• China Aster (Callistephus chinensis)
• Beeplant (Cleome serrulata)
• Lance-Leaved Coreopsis (Coreopsis lanceolata)
• Sulphur Cosmos (Cosmos sulphureus)
• Chinese Forget-Me-Not (Cynoglossum amabile)
• Purple Coneflower (Echinacea purpurea)
• California Poppy (Eschscholzia californica)
• Perennial Gaillardia (Gaillardia aristata)
• Gaura (Gaura lindheimeri)
• Corn Poppy (Papaver rhoeas)
• Lacy Phacelia (Phacelia tanacetifolia)
• Rocky Mtn. Penstemon (Penstemon strictus)
• Prairie Coneflower (Ratibida columnifera)
• Sweet Mignonette (Reseda odorata)
• Scabiosa (Scabiosa atropurpurea)
• Ohio Spiderwort (Tradescantia ohiensis)

*Mixture may vary from the indicated listing, based upon availability of individual species.

Planting Information For Honey Bee Flower Mixture

This mixture is a blend of nectar and pollen flowers for honey bees. These flowers are proven favorites of honey bees in our gardens and will provide forage all season long. It is ideal for honey beekeepers and farmers who need honey bees for the pollination of their crops. It can be planted along the perimeters of crop fields, in marginal cropland, or along the edges of wild land areas.

Seeds per lb. = 440,000

Planting rate = 7-14 lbs. per acre

Planting time: the best times to plant are spring, early summer and fall.

Garden Flowers

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