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I read today that the US bans the import of honeybees, which is causing a spiraling problem with inbreeding (just one breeder per hive, remember). Weird.
We've consciously constructed what appears to be a wildly successful pollinators' garden along our south wall: there's a blur of activity ranging from the huge, gentle cicada-killers and bumblebees to swarms of almost-invisible ones. It's sort of comforting to visit.
Cannot speak for other folks in Central Ohio, but the number of honey bees in our display garden this year is many times more than I can remember in a long time. Not sure if someone has a new hive in the area or if the population of bees has had a positive jump. Either way, it is encouraging.
@Maurice- We also grow herbs at the Russian River place, with equally good results, and we use a lot of thyme. For a long time we (and our neighbors) had descendants of the poppies that I planted years ago, but the floods last year seem to have killed them off. The California poppies seem to thrive in sandy/rocky/dry places, and don't like too much water or rich soil.
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We've consciously constructed what appears to be a wildly successful pollinators' garden along our south wall: there's a blur of activity ranging from the huge, gentle cicada-killers and bumblebees to swarms of almost-invisible ones. It's sort of comforting to visit.
Cheers,
David