What colors are your Bee Balm plants? Thanks, djune

probably too much oil in it. i know other small animals cannot have cedar around them. like hamsters or rodents because of the oils and dust is bad for their respiratory system. I would think it would just be best to stear clear of it and use pine or fir even red wood would be better that cedar i would think. Here is a link that might be useful: TheItalian Garden

I'm no bee expert, but I've seen that enough times to think it must be normal. I used to have what I suspect was the same bumblebee that always took a nap on my hand railing by my door every afternoon. It would leave after a few minutes, but often napped in the same place (the only reason I have for thinking it was the same one). I've seen them nap in zucchini flowers too, then leave after awhile. Last year I saw 20 or so bumblebees napping almost all at once on my dwarf orange tree...that I'm less inclined to believe is normal. A few were flying from flower to flower (it was in full bloom), but most were asleep in flowers...that and one other time I spilled orange icing and it put the ants to sleep makes me think orange flavored /scented stuff will make them nap unnaturally.

Saw our first of the season big fat bumblebee yesterday. We are fortunate to live in a rural area where I don't think anyone manicures their lawns. But my husband does like to mow. We leave a wild strip adjacent to the vegetable garden to encourage beneficials and we also have areas that only get mowed once a year. Dandelions have just started blooming. Borage is a great herb to attract bees. I usually get a few plants to show up every year in a corner of the vegetable garden. I have to pull out some of it because the plants can get quite large. Flowers are a pretty blue and taste somewhat like cucumbers.