I found an interesting blog post this morning. Don’t know that we’ll ever need this information, but I’m saving it here, just in case.
4 responses to “Trapping out bees”
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Kitty,
I saw this same type of set up done in a tree somewhere on Youtube. Good to see this locally done as well.I’m growing camellias from seed if you want one? It might take 5 years before they bloom, could be anything as the bees cross pollinate camellias all the time. I buy our camellias at Cam Forest, Durham Garden Center and Carborro Southern States, 3 gallon plants work great.
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I would be delighted to have one of your seedlings in our yard.
I plan to get some tea bushes from Cam Forest this Spring.
I haven’t been able to discover if camellias are good bee plants. It sounds like you think they are? yesno?
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Kitty,
Yes camellias the bees love them. Make sure the flower has lots of stamens, some have no visible stamens hence not bee friendly.
We have a 3 year planted tea camellia, the other one died the first year. The 3 yo plant has struggled and shows little growth. -
hanks, I’ll keep stamens in mind when I add camellias.
What do you think are the issues for your tea bush? Amount if sun?? The drought-y summers we’ve been having? Our climate in general? I’ll do some brain picking for placement in my yard when I’m shopping.
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