{"id":12536,"date":"2023-04-13T18:34:42","date_gmt":"2023-04-13T18:34:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.cwf-fcf.org\/?p=12536"},"modified":"2023-04-17T14:43:37","modified_gmt":"2023-04-17T14:43:37","slug":"grow-these-13-plants-to-give-spring-bees-something-to-forage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.cwf-fcf.org\/index.php\/en\/grow-these-13-plants-to-give-spring-bees-something-to-forage\/","title":{"rendered":"Grow These 13 Plants to Give Spring Bees Something to Forage"},"content":{"rendered":"

Bumblebees are some of our first pollinators to emerge from hibernation in the spring.<\/h2>\n

Researchers from the University of Ottawa have found that, with climate change, spring is arriving earlier in some areas of North America. Not only does this make it hard for bumblebees to keep up with this shift, some are missing out on blooms they usually rely on in early spring and others are impacted by the unpredictable weather patterns, like cold snaps. As it stands, about 28 per cent of North America\u2019s bumblebees are at risk of becoming Extinct. They need all the help they can get. That\u2019s where you come in. Plant and maintain these 13 early blooming plants to give our bumblebees a leg \u2026or a wing\u2026up.<\/p>\n

Before we dive into the plants, we\u2019ve got to address dandelions. These flowers get such a bad rep, but they\u2019re actually a beneficial flower that pollinators benefit from early in the season in areas where native plants have been eradicated. They pop up early in the season and many pollinators, including bumblebees, use them to get them through the early spring days. So please resist the urge to dig them up or apply herbicide to them! That said, bees and other pollinators rely on native plants that they have coevolved with for adequate nutrition so, where possible, add more regionally native plants to your gardens and shrink your lawns as much as you can.<\/p>\n