Re: honey bees love Agastache

Item Subject: Re: honey bees
     ... His research found that NO OTHER plant is more attractive to honey 
     bees than Anise  Hyssop.... Chuck in Swartz Creek, MI
     
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     This was definately true for me, which I was excited about because I 
     am in dense metro area.
     
     I had one plant last year, with about 30 blooms, and each and every 
     bloom would have a honey or bumble bee on it. They would "walk" up and 
     down the bloom all day. There would be a queque of bees in the air 
     around the plant waiting for somebee to leave.
     
     This went on for months.
     
     I went out one nite with a flash lite and found them "sleeping" on the 
     blooms. I could touch them and they did not move. Same thing on frosty 
     mornings, it was like they were in a coma until the sun woke them up.
     
     I will definately plant this again, because I think it is dead as a 
     doornail in zone 6. It is still there, with snow on the dried blooms. 
     I think it was called "blue knight" or something like that. gray/blue 
     blooms, shaped like baby bottle brushes.
     
     Laurie
     Medford, MA
     
     Not a *single* butterfly all season though. :( 
     Too much noise/traffic/smog/not enough habitat? (right outside 
     boston - can see the skyscrapers)
     
     
     
     
     
     

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