Bee plants

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  1. Hornbeam

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    Hardy geraniums are great bee plants
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    Wonderful photos Hornbeam.
     
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    fab pics
    my bumbees also love them [​IMG]
     
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    Thanks guys. A farmer on Springwatch said that bumble bees pollinate 80% of our food crops and that they are in serious decline! Help!
     
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    I'm not surprised they're in decline the amount of nasty stuff the farmers put on the fields- have they only just realised what happens?
     
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    Great pictures Hornbeam

    We have lots of bee plants but Mrs shiney's favourite are the phlomis russeliana samia. When the bees crawl inside the flowers she loves to stroke their bums - and they don't seem to mind. I don't get that treatment!!!
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