Bee Plants are annual or perennial species in a broad genus native from temperate to tropical regions throughout the world. Several species have showy, white or bright rose flowers on tall racemes densely covered with narrow leaves.
The Rocky Mountain bee plant (Cleome serrulata) of the Caper family is one of my favorite roadside plants, growing in cheery purple patches that often string along the roadside for miles where there are sedimentary soils.
Yellow Bee Plant [English]: Cleome lutea
Yellow Bee-Plant [English]: Cleome lutea var. jonesii J.F.Macbr.
Yellow Bee-Plant [English]: Cleome lutea
Yellow Beeplant [English]: Cleome lutea
Yellow Beet [English]: Beta vulgaris vulgaris ...
A good bee plant[50, 74]. The flower of many members of this genus can trap insects between its anther cells, the struggles of the insect in escaping ensure the pollination of the plant[207].
Birds love the seed. This herb is a good butterfly and bee plant and attracts many beneficial insects. The swallowtail caterpillar will eat the foliage, but I ignore it as I encourage the butterflies in my garden, and their young ones need to eat.
Cleome serrulata (Rocky Mountain Bee Plant)
Capparaceae (Caper Family)
Foothills, montane. Roadsides, disturbed areas. Summer, fall.
Denny Lake, Cortez, September 6, 2007.
Cleome hasslerana (spinosa)--Spider Flower, Bee Plant
Clerodendrum thomsonae - Glorybower
CLERODENDRUM INSECTS ...
Synonyms and Common names: Burrage, common bugloss, star flower, beebread, bee plant
French = bourrache, German = boretsch, Spanish = Borraja, Italian = Borrana
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Borago officinalis. Borage. Bee plant, or bee bread in UK. Blue flowers, textured leaves.
Some of the southwest tribes also planted a "fourth sister" in addition to corn, beans and squash. They also planted the Rocky Mountain bee plant, which helped to attract bees to pollinate their gardens.
Jerusalem Artichoke ...
Red clover attracts a variety of insects and is useful for improving the biodiversity of agricultural systems, and can be used as a bee plant for honey production.
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Yiddish honik-melise ["אָ יק־מעליסע] honey-balm, Dutch bijenkruid bee herb or Hungarian mhf (also mzf) bee grass. Cf. also Chinese xiang feng cao [香蜂草] fragrant bee plant and English bee balm for the related plant bergamot, ...
The branching, bushy great willow herb (E. angustifolium) is a widespread fireweed and a good bee plant.
 See also: Medic, May, Green, Fern, Forget
  
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