How to Lure Bees to Your Garden

Published on Tuesday, September 8, 2009, by CHOW Video Team / Edit Post

How to Lure Bees to Your Garden

There are particular plants and flowers that bees love, says Julie Chai, associate garden editor of Sunset magazine. And luring bees to your garden is a good thing: They pollinate plants and keep your garden healthy.

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  • I grew some purple basil in my garden this year, but HATED the astringent taste it had. so I put in in a pot and let it go CRAZY! The smell is fabulous, bees adore it and it looks amazing as a cut flower. As a nice flower arrangement for your dinner table is so nice because it won't clash with food flavours the same way an overly perfumed arrangement might...

  • I had Lavender (French Lavender) in the yard at my previous home and the bees (both worker and bumble) loved it. Two hedges kept them coming back day after day.

  • Borage is the best for bees in my gardens; I've all the other species listed; but the buzzing is around the borage until the last day before frost in South Dakota.