- I am sharing information about the benefits of the work
of the beautiful little bee so you may better appreciate their value in
this time when hives are dying around the world from numerous causes.
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- An overlooked cause affecting bees and our feathered
friends is the damaging effect of EMF (electromagnetic fields) from cell
phones, WI-FI, digital TV and microwave appliances. EMF interferes with
flight patterns and the food supply.
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- We depend greatly on pollinators for our food supply.
They collect pollen - the dust like powder you see on and around the stamen
of a flowering blossom. It is the male germ of flowering plants with each
species of plant having its own distinctive pollen.
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- It is the key to life on the planet - without it the
world would starve - indeed many believe that without bees, and the role
the play in the pollination process, the world would face significant shortages
of food.
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- To understand the importance of pollen in a wider sense
it is worth looking at the place flowering plants play in alternative medicine
- from homeopathic remedies to aromatherapy, herbal teas - you will find
flowers and by association pollination as the building blocks of therapy.
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- As a consequence it is commonly believed that there is
more to the pollination process than simple biological mechanics - there
is a higher level which involves "special energies" of "holistic
properties".
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- From our perspective we have no opinion as to whether
there is or is not more than meets the eye - we mention it as it puts perspective
behind why pollen, and in turn bee pollen, is held in such high regard
- pollen really is the essence of life.
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- You can contribute to an improved environment that benefits
your health and that of the bee by planting some of these native plants
in your garden -
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- Borage is one of the plants that attracts bees to your
garden and orchard where they will pollinate your fruit trees, flowers,
and flowering vegetables (squash, tomatoes, potatoes, bell peppers, etc.)
Aster Aster; Currant Ribes; Elder Sambucus; Fireweed Chamerion; Goldenrod
Solidago; Huckleberry Vaccinium; Larkspur Delphinum; Lupine Lupinus;
Madrone Arbutus; Mint Mentha; Oregon grape Berberis; Pacific waterleaf
Hydrophyllum; Penstemon Penstemon; Rabbit-brush Chrysothamnus; Rhododendron
Rhododendron; Salmonberry Rubus; Saskatoon Amalanchier; Scorpion-weed
Phacelia; Snowberry Symphoricarpos; Stonecrop Sedum; Wild buckwheat Eriogonum;
; Willow Salix; Yarrow Achillea
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- Common garden plants attractive to bees that were introduced
largely by Europeans - Black-eyed Susan Rudbeckia; California lilac Ceanothus;
Tickseed Coreopsis; English lavender Lavandula; Purple toadflax Linaria;
Marjoram Origanum; Hyssop Hyssopus; Basil Ocimum; Globe thistle Echinops;
Rosemary Rosmarinus
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- For more about pollinators - http://www.xerces.org/
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- You will delight in their presence in your garden.
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