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Looking in Buying Honeybee Friendly Plants Online

9 years ago

Need to send a friend in Connecticut plants for her new honeybee hive. I've read a lot about the best plants should be native for bees. She doesn't have time to plant from seed, so I'd like to find a reputable site that could send her live plants to CT. She is in zone 6. Any help would be greatly appreciated!

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docmom_gw
9 years ago
Prairiemoon nursery has great plants.
Sedonia Sipes
9 years ago
Native plants are best for native bees. Honey bees are not native to North America, and in fact often prefer non native weedy or cultivated plants over natives, so it all depends on whether the objective is supporting sustainable native biodiversity or rearing honey bees. Two very different goals.
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