What Can You Plant in Your Garden? Food for Bees

Honey bees feel the effect of California drought due to lack of normal supply of wildflowers. At this time of the year, millions and millions of colonies of bees are working hard to pollinate our crops in the Central Valley of California. Find out where our crops come from. See what you can do in your garden!

Due to the drought, California hills are not covered by wildflowers. As you travel up and down the Valley floor, you have seen the brown hill or dirt. No colorful wildflowers are available for the bees to forage. So beekeepers are forced to provide the bees with their natural diet. That's extra expense for them. Just like the farmers and the ranchers who end up spending more to feed their cattle, beekeepers end up spending more to maintain their bees' health. And less crop polllination means less income for the beekeepers.