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Are you looking for ways to support your bees as the weather gets colder? In this video, we share helpful tips on how to provide late season food sources for your pollinators!
Bees forage all spring and summer to store enough honey for the winter. By early fall, food can become very scarce. While you can feed them sugar water, fresh nectar is always a much healthier choice. You can easily help your colony by allowing weeds like dandelions and clovers to bloom. You can also let your spring herbs go to seed or plant a second round of sunflowers. If you do not have space for a garden, adding a living roof to your hive with a fall blooming succulent like sedum is a fantastic alternative!
Providing a consistent nectar flow is the absolute best way to help your bees survive the winter.
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0:00 Why Late-Season Forage is Important
0:35 Natural Nectar vs. Sugar Water
1:03 Easy Planting Ideas: Weeds, Herbs, and Sunflowers
1:25 Resources for Finding Local Plant Lists
1:43 Adding a Living Roof with Sedum
2:02 Final Tips and Conclusion