Tuesday, May 11, 2010

Jim Brown talks about plants that are good for bees

Herbalist and Blount County Beekeepers Association member Jim Brown talked about a variety of plants that are good for bees at the last meeting of the BCBA on May 9, 2010.

Brown had an extensive list of plants, and I have included short audio clips of five of the plants that he discussed:

Bee balm

"It's a bit of a spreader, and sometimes the leaves will turn a bit of a gray on you. . . . It makes a lot of nice, pretty flowers. It's a mid-summer bloomer."

(1 minute 22 seconds)








Catnip

Bees love it as well as cats, and it repels mosquitos.

(1:25)








Rosemary

Rosemary is one of the more common plants that people grow. Bees like the pretty blue flowers, but it blooms at a variety of times -- sometimes early, sometime late. Rosemary, the legend says, is only suppose to grow in the garden of a righteous person. Rosemary does not grown well inside, so don't bring them in your house.

(2:52)







Thyme

"I've seen a hundred honeybees on a thyme plant over at UT gardens." There are lots of varieties, and thyme is a herb that goes well in just about any recipe. The blooms are tiny, but the bees love them.

(1:30)







Vitex-Chasetree

Vitex is a great bee plant. It blooms late in the summer and into the fall, and the bees are all over it. It has a beautiful blue bloom that looks a little like a lilac. Vitex grows very fast. It is actually a tree, but gardeners can do a lot with it according to how they want it to look in their garden.

(3:12)





Jim and his wife Delores operate the Honey Rock Herb Farm in Louisville.

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