Transform Your Backyard into a Sanctuary
Over 90% of native bee species do not live in hives. Learn how simple actions like planting seasonal forage, leaving bare patches of soil, building hygienic bee hotels, and creating pebble hydration stations save native pollinators.
Continuous Forage Bloom Sequence Blueprint
Prevent lethal "hunger gaps" between seasons. Clicking any month highlights the active forage overlap sustaining queens, brood rearing, and pre-winter lipid storage.
Native Forage Species Vector Schematics
Explore flower nectary well depths, UV landing runways, and bee tongue accessibility parameters.
English LavenderSummer
Lavandula angustifolia
High sugar concentration nectar (over 40% sucrose) that fuels high-speed flight metabolism for hours.
Long-tongued Bees (Apis, Bombus, Anthophora)
Purple ConeflowerSummer
Echinacea purpurea
Large sturdy central cone provides a steady landing platform for heavy bees and long-lasting late summer pollen.
All Bees (Universal Sturdy Landing Platform)
Borage (Starflower)All Season
Borago officinalis
Replenishes its rich nectar wells every 2 minutes, making it one of the single most prolific bee-attracting annuals.
Rapid replenishment well (every 2 mins)
Common LungwortSpring
Pulmonaria officinalis
Vital early spring nectar source blooming in March when emerged queen bumblebees are starving after hibernation.
Very Long-tongued Specialist (Anthophora plumipes)
Stiff GoldenrodFall
Solidago rigida
Essential pre-winter lipid and protein reservoir for bees preparing for winter diapause. Does not cause hay fever!
Short-tongued Mining & Sweat Bees
Wild Native SunflowerSummer
Helianthus annuus
Sunflower pollen has natural medicinal antimicrobial properties that help reduce Crithidia bombi gut infections in bees.
Generalist & Oligolectic Long-horned Bees