Bees, Butterflies, and Hummingbirds

Bees are super important to a garden. There most important role is to help pollinate flowers. Some plants have female and male flowers and these plants rely on bees transferring the pollen. This is a really interesting article on male and female flowers. This is an interesting article on what would happen if all the bees would die off.

There are certain flowers that bees, butterflies, and humming birds prefer. Plants such as Milkweed, Bee Balm, Yarrow, and Lavender.

Bees are most attracted to the color purple, blue, and violet. Butterflies are most attracted to the color white, pink, purple, red, yellow and orange. Humming birds are attracted to red and orange. This is an interesting article on bee eyesight.

How can you help bees, butterflies, and humming birds? The first step is not to use pesticides, fungicides or herbicides on plants. Next plant some plants that the bees will love. If you have a vegetable garden this will help with pollinate and may help with increasing vegetable yields. Set up a bee water watering station. Last, but not least educate and become more aware of the importance of bees and how you can help them.