Gift Ideas

Gifts for Bee Lovers

I think the best gift ideas for attracting pollinators such as bees is to give flower seeds and a bee hotel.  Here is my top ten list for your bee lover. . . Top Ten List: 1) Flower Seeds and Seedlings – perennial and annual flowers such as coreopsis, cosmos, zinnias. 2) Flowering Vegetables Seeds […]

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Bumblebees

Bumblebees love hanging out at Crazy for Gardening! Features:   While bumblebees can be larger, I usually see the ones that are about 1/2 inch long.  They are very fuzzy looking, have black and bright yellow stripes and black wings.  Female bumblebees have stingers but male ones do not. Food:  Bumblebees love nectar and pollen from flowers. […]

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Honeybees

While we don’t have a beehive and we are not yet beekeepers (maybe someday), we do attract some honeybees in the summer with all of the flower and vegetable blooms. Features:   Honeybees are about 1/2 inch long, are oval shaped, have antennas and stingers.  They are golden yellow with brownish black stripes or bands.  If […]