5-27-14…Pink Chintz Thyme attracted bees last year
Butterflies like them too.
June 29, 2014…English Thyme
Head first in pink Thyme
June 29…English Thyme
6-4-13…Growing as a ground cover, this red thyme is hard to see until you bend down close.
To finish out the beautiful music of La Tabú, I added some video of this new plant…a type of St. John’s Wort called HyPearls Hypericum.
July 10, 2014…HyPearls Hypericum attracted many bees, usually in the morning hours.
You can understand why it’s called HyPearls.
It is very interesting to see what attracts the bees in other peoples’ gardens. I have one Hypericum (Hidcote) which is the commonest variety over here. Although it is a great shrub for colour and blooms, I rarely see bees on it. Your HyPearls is lovely but I’ve never seen it over here, pity. I do grow Thyme and I am trying different ones for groundcover. Amelia
I can’t explain why bees don’t absolutely LOVE your Hidcote Hypericum. I know they don’t like the low growing St. John’s Wort (hypericum calycinum) that I see in town. My (mother plant) is 15 to 20 years old, but the bees also go to the new transplants that are only about two years old. Well, at least you can count on your thyme to attract bees. Say, weren’t you talking about keeping bees this year? Have you gotten started yet?
There has been a terrible disaster this year in the Charente Maritime. A lot of bee keepers lost 30-100% of their hives. They feel it was due to pesticides. Neonicotinoids have been banned in Eorope but permission was given Autumn 2014 to use Luzindo on the vines and another on the rape. So you can have a ban and then get it lifted. The hives are full of honey and the bees that are left clustering there are dead. They just go AWOL. There are no swarms near here and the professional keepers are trying to buy from elsewhere. My friend who has been keeping bees for many years has 3 out of his 30 hives, a very sad man. Will people ever learn? It makes me wonder what we are eating too. Amelia
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Thyme is the one herb we don’t plant. If only because it grows wild all around us:)
We saw our first bee last week by the way, so I’ll try and see what they are feeding on now they have ventured out.
SO love the video, and the music is absolutely perfect. As I watch and learn, I wonder if your videos are easily accessible to teachers and schools,as there is so much great information in such an enjoyable format. Is there an educational exchange on which you could list?
Hmmm, something to think about. I ought to look into that.
I’m so glad you enjoy the videos. There’s times I look at them just to relax. Watching them can even put me to sleep, but I’m not sure that’s something to brag about. 😀