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Bee Friendly Gardens

Bee friendly gardens come in all sizes and shapes. Create a garden that’s both beautiful and beneficial to pollinators. In this section, you’ll find tips for choosing the best flowers, trees, and plants to support honey bees and other beneficial insects throughout the seasons. Whether you’re building a pollinator-friendly landscape, designing a rain garden, or just looking to add a few bee-friendly blooms to your yard, these articles will help you grow a thriving space that bees—and people—will love.

  • Purple crocus Winter bloom pollen for bees.

    Best Winter Plants for Bees & Pollinators

  • Purple aster in bloom, words fall flowers for pollinator gardens.

    Best Fall Flowers for Bees

  • Red geraniums planted to repel bees in garden.

    Plants that Repel Bees & Wasps

  • Honey bees foraging on purple flowers in garden image.

    Planning the Perfect Garden for Bees

  • Luffa plant in flower in bee garden area.

    Growing Luffa Flowers for Bees & More

  • Field of perennial purple cone flowers planted for bees image.

    Best Perennials for Bees

  • Large yellow sunflower with bee collecting food.

    Why Sunflowers Matter to Bees

  • Pink and purple wildflowers for bees growing in a meadow.

    Wildflowers for Bees: Why They Matter

  • Flower port of hummingbird feeder with honey bees drinking.

    Keep Bees Away From Hummingbird Feeders

  • Purple salvia honey plant in bloom in bee garden.

    Top Honey Plants

  • Worker honey bee foraging on white flower in garden habitat.

    Honey Bee Habitat

  • Collection of bee friendly plants in rain garden design.

    Make a Rain Garden

  • Honey bee foraging on white blooms of a tree image.

    Best Trees for Bees

  • Worker honey bee foraging on blue flowers from weeds image.

    Weeds that Attract Bees

  • Honey bee foraging on flowers of a buckwheat plant image.

    Buckwheat for Bees

  • Purple borage flower in bloom in bee garden image.

    Borage for Bees

  • Flowers that bees like blooming in pots on patio.

    Bee Friendly Plants for Pots & Containers

  • Honey bees collecting drinking water.

    Water for Bees

  • Honey bee on drought tolerant purple coneflower image.

    Drought Tolerant Pollinator Plants

  • Worker honey bees visiting lavender in bloom.

    Bees Love Lavender

  • Container of sevin dust products used for insect killers.

    Sevin Dust and Bees

  • Purple loosestrife an invasive plant attractive to bees growing in a meadow image.

    Invasive Plants to Avoid in the Bee Garden

  • White Dutch clover providing nectar for honey bee forager.

    Clover for Bees

  • Bed of colorful zinnia flowers for bees image.

    Flowers For Honey Bees

  • Yellow dandelion flower with honey bee image.

    Dandelions and Bees: A Good Match?

  • Honey bees working lavender a favorite flowering herb image.

    Herbs for Bees

  • Red blossoms of red maple tree important food for bees image.

    Red Maple Trees Important to Bees

  • Blooming yellow jasmine toxic bee plant.

    Plants Toxic to Bees

  • Mahonia bush in flower with honey bee image.

    Bee Bushes & Shrubs

  • Gardener spraying weed killer near a bee garden image.

    Bee Safe Weed Killer

  • Spraying to kill weeds with homemade vinegar weed killer.

    Homemade Weed Killer

  • Orange bloom of goldenrod with foraging bees.

    Is Goldenrod Good for Bees?

  • Red bee balm growing in garden.

    Bee Balm Companion Plants

  • Bees visiting lotus bloom in bee garden image.

    Growing Lotus Tubers in the Bee Garden

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