About Bees

Worldwide we depend on bees and other pollinators to produce about 1/3 of our food crops. Borage (above) attracts bees to your garden in large numbers. They will pollinate your fruit trees, flowers, and vegetables (squash, tomatoes, potatoes, and bell peppers).Here is a list of common garden  plants attractive to bees, introduced largely by Europeans immigrating to the US: Black-eyed Susan  Rudbeckia California lilac  Ceanothus Tickseed  Coreopsis Lavender  Lavandula Purple toadflax  Linaria Marjoram  Origanum Hyssop  Hyssopus Basil  Ocimum Globe thistle  Echinops Rosemary  Rosmarinus Catnip Nepeta 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 Sage Salvia Salmonberry  Rubus Saskatoon  Amalanchier Scorpion-weed Phacelia Snowberry  Symphoricarpos Stonecrop  Sedum Wild buckwheat  Eriogonum Willow  Salix Yarrow  Achillea

For more information about bees and other pollinators, go to www.xerces.org.