Bzzzzz....bees LOVE phacelia!
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 16 ก.ย. 2024
- Identifying bumblebees on phacelia. Phacelia is one of the best plants for all pollinating insects. In this video it is being visited by various bumblebees, honeybees, solitary bees and hoverflies including b. lapidarius, b. terrestris, b. pascuorum and b. lucorum (the unidentified bee at the end is a lucorum male!)
The bee near the end is a male Bombus Lucorum. They're quite distinct; the only other bee that looks like this is male B. Jonellus, only found on heaths.The first bee in the video appeared to be a male Bombus Terrestris as they have orange jaw hair. The one near the middle of the video was a male Lapidarius. Male Pratorums have more yellow fur at the front, and are shorter, fatter and fluffier looking. In Essex the Lucorum has declined a great deal over the last 30 years and I don't regard them as common any more. I'm glad you use the Latin names- the common names can be confusing.
Great Video, this plant is so fantastic and so cheap to buy! A plant sold as a green manure flowers better then most garden plants! Round here the Bees are on it all day when its in flower. We used a fishing catapult and fired seeds of Phacelia on the opposite side of the canal where there where just bricks and rubble and it looked amazing back in 2007 Thanks for posting!
Thanks for this video. I have phacelia growing in my yard and the bees are going nuts for it.
Phaceeeeeeelia ...I'm down on my knees, I''m begging you please to come home ;)
your voice sounds like a Disney princesses. Perfect for this video.
Love your video. Was just searching to see if there were any vids about this plant and its ability to attract bees. Certainly does seem to be as popular with them as it is made out to be in books. Good to see it working in practice so thank you for making and sharing this video. I sowed some blue tansy seeds not even a week ago in a container on my terrace and today I noticed all of the seeds starting to germinate already. Can’t wait to see what the flowers bring in when the plants begin to bloom.
I experimented with phacelia after my comment 2 years ago and it's pretty good. I find it swarms with bumble bees. Honey bees will take it late in the season. It also attracts hoverflies making it a great companion plant if you have aphids. It will also grow on soil not worthy of the name! It self seeded after in my garden after a tough winter which surprised me too, because it originates in the southern us and Mexico and isn't rated hardy. A very good plant and looks nice too.
I've got some Phacelia seeds planted in my second year Hugelkulture bed. After seeing all the bees on your Phacelia, I can't wait for mine to come into bloom, because I planted them for the bees and/or butterflies.
Fun to find your video on phacelia. I have a Yellowstone Wildflowers video from 2014 that includes the high elevation phacelia there, which for some (including me) is their favorite wildflower in Yellowstone National Park.
The first one was a White Tail which I am 99% sure of! I breed Bombus Magnus and they have really white tails too. Some of mine are almost the size of Terrestris Buff Tail which are soooooo huge! Love the Carder Bees, round here we call them Rusty Bees haha
I've been growing this plant here in California for about 10 years and nothing is better for bumblebees in the spring (march-april). If you know where to look, the seeds are really cheap. They do self sow, but best to apply more seed in fall here.
Where for seeds? I have a few plants, but would like more...
@@patgentry7268 Only finding this reply now-- I get all my seeds from Wildseed Farms in Texas-- still only $21 for a full pound! Can't find a better price anywhere.
I planted some seeds a couple months ago and their starting to bloom now :D
I was wondering though why aren't bees coming to mine. I do occasionally see a humingbird go to it but I want bees! Lol
If you can help please reply.
Hi! I'd love to help-- Where are you located? How many plants do you have flowering? Are these the only flowering plants you have? There are LOTS of reasons you may not have the results you want. 6 years after posting on this vid, I've discovered some plants that blow this one away for attracting bees- Frost Aster, Spanish Needles, and Texas Thistle were the champions of this years pollinator garden. Happy New Year!
Pleased to see lots of this in wildfowers I have planted. For hoverflies I have found Phlox Paniculata attracts them on mass tho yet to see a bumble on them ? For me foxgloves and echium (vipers bugloss) best for bumbles ! Poached egg plant for solitary bees. Looking to see how the Phalicea does. Planted it next to foxgloves so hope it will be,,,e a follow on !
is nice for my bee
I'll be growing phacelia this year having seen it covered with a veritable cloud of bees in the walled garden at Hughenden Manor last year. Your video reminded me of this scene - though my memory is of an even denser cover of wildlife. Thanks for video.
I could listen to you chat all day,lol. Where would you suggest I purchase seeds to start this particular plant at ?I just started a Honeybee Rescue this year, and I remove bees for free.I often donate my hives to people that are interested in them and show a love for them.
...und im Sommer sind das noch viel mehr Insekten.
I was not able to germinate Phacelia by broadcasting the seed. The slugs must have eaten it. I am able to get it to germinate in flats.
I doubt that it's a male red-tail, the males are not normally that active over the flowers, they tend to sit and wait for new queens and feed occasionally or patrol the hedge rows looking for a mate.
...although, it does have a faint yellow collar on the thorax so maybe, couldn't see any yellow hairs on the face though. If it stings then we know it's not a male :)
@VonLeachim Thanks for the feedback. Agree..... 'plant for-celia' would be a great name for a song!
After watching your video a second time, I think I'll plant a bunch more seeds. This is the beginning of June...do you think there's enough time for them to blossom this year? Will they self seed? Do the deer bother them?
+Pat R. We planted ours in August and they flowered in about 4 weeks, so you should be fine if there's enough water.
+Alice Quayle Yes the honeybees (and bumblebees) love it, but so do the DEER. Once they discovered it, they pulled it all down and ate it, but not before I got some good videos. Next year I'll be growing it behind some protection.
Not much will stand up to Deer I guess! we've had to put up 6 foot fences against the hares, chickens, wood pigeons and wallabies, but we don't have deer!
so my top bee plants are lavender and marjoram. Is phacelia even better than them? If so it must be a freak...
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I've noticed the like Cheese weed or High Mallow flower, not 100% sure which flower it is.
I tried buckwheat green manure because i heard bees liked it. But they seem to have ignored it completely :) They just don't seem to want to leave the comfrey patch to look at the buckwheat flowers! :) Will try this one next :)
Mike Smith bees love buckwheat but only some cultivars. Perhaps you should give it another try.
I bought one kilo of buckwheat seeds to grow this year, just for pollinators along with _50+_ more different nectar plants!
I hope to plant one of each as much as space can allow! Polyculture for the win!
Hmmm.was this video about bees..or about phacelia?
It could be a Cuckoo Bee. If you have a picture?
I tried twice to grow from seed this spring, twice failed.
anyone know what bee I saw in my garden?
its full black with a white tail (no yellow or strips)
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Phacelia tanacetifolia or fiddleneck
see dali48 and Bees etc...