how can i attract bees to my garden for pollination?

Answer 1

Flowers adapted for bee pollination are not red as bees see in the other end of the spectrum. They see well into the ultraviolet compared to us. So bees see from yellow on through blue and beyond. Many flowers photographed in the UV spectra have guides marking the best approach for a bee to follow. Typically then the flower is yellow with blue or ultraviolet guides.http://www.cals.ncsu.edu/course/ent591k/nectar_guide.html
http://www.cas.vanderbilt.edu/bioimages/image/c/casp8-flnectar-guide10915.htm
The flowers may have a light, sweet scent for the bees to locate them by. The flower may even close at night to hold a bee longer or to conserve fragrance for day light when bees are active.
Snapdragons are classic bee flowers. Bee balm even though it is red has the right shape. Bees have short tongues so like composite flowers like marigold & daisy. Bees visit larkspur, penstemon, butterfly weed, & aromatic herbs like thyme & flowering onion. Also inclide early plants like bluebells, grape hyacinth, and Anemone blanda.
For later flowers grow asters, coneflowers, lavender, and at the end of the season, Caryopteris x clandonensis, called bluebeard or blue mist spirea ‘Blue Petite’. There needs to be flowering plants offering nectar all seasons.
http://www.perennialnursery.com/plantinfo/caryopteris.html
Berkley has a list of plant evaluated for their relative attraction for honeybees.
http://nature.berkeley.edu/urbanbeegardens/list.html
http://nature.berkeley.edu/urbanbeegardens/docs/FullPlantList.pdf
http://nature.berkeley.edu/urbanbeegardens/gbt.html

Answer 2

Consider putting up a mason bee house in February, they spend 100% of their time collecting pollen, where honey bees also collect nectar. Avoid newer, hybrid flowers, the closer it is to nature, the better the bees like it. And last but not least, don't use pesticides or chemicals on your property, even "harmless" organic soaps can harm bees.

Answer 3

Read more information regarding attracting bees 4 pollination at my sources.I think so it will be usefull.

Answer 4

there is currently a severe bee shortage nation-wide. bees are attracted by the color yellow. plant yellow flowers around your garden or even put yellow water buckets.

Answer 5

Try planting some bee balm, a honey suckle bush, they both really really attract bee's.. GOOD LUCK!

Answer 6

try to plant flowers that attract bees and try to have brightly coloured plants bees love that and a wide variety also attract bees but make sure they are brightly coloured

Answer 7

Put some honey out there. It will work quicker than a flower.

Answer 8

plant heaps of flowering plants, especially ones that bare truit