This list will help you in establishing a bee garden.  You don’t have to be a bee-keeper to provide for the little workers.  Honeybees will travel 3 miles from their home in search of pollen and nectar.  Chances are, you will have honeybees near you.  So go ahead…feed the bees!

Annuals:

• Asters
• Calliopsis
• Clover
• Dandelions
• Marigolds
• Poppies
• Sunflowers
• Zinnias

Perennials:

• Buttercups
• Clematis
• Cosmos
• Crocuses
• Dahlias
• Echinacea
• English Ivy
• Foxglove
• Geraniums
• Germander
• Globe Thistle
• Hollyhocks
• Hyacinth
• Rock Cress Roses
• Sedum
• Snowdrops
• Squills
• Tansy
• Yellow Hyssop

Garden Plants:

• Blackberries
• Cantaloupe
• Cucumbers
• Gourds
• Peppers
• Pumpkins
• Raspberries
• Squash
• Strawberries
• Watermelons
• Wild Garlic

Herbs:

• Bee Balm
• Borage
• Catnip
• Coriander
• Cilantro
• Fennel
• Lavender
• Mints
• Rosemary
• Sage
• Thyme

Shrubs:

• Blueberry
• Butterfly
• Bush
• Button
• Bush
• Honeysuckle
• Indigo
• Privet

Trees:

• Alder
• American Holly Basswood
• Black Gum
• Black Locust Buckeyes
• Catalpa
• Eastern Redbud
• Fruit Trees (especially Crabapples)
• Golden Rain Tree Hawthorns
• Hazels
• Linden
• Magnolia
• Maples
• Mountain Ash Sycamore
• Tulip
• Poplar
• Willows