Sweet Beginnings Bee Farm

I posted in July about the beehives at Chicago's O'Hare airport.  These hives aren't just making honey, they are changing lives.  Click on the video link for an inspiring follow up story.

Link:
Urban Bee Farm Gives Ex-Inmates a Sweet New Start in Life

Fall Gathering

Bees were covering this Aster plant in the garden today.  It is important to provide bees with a late source of nectar and pollen. Hives have already been harvested of all the extra honey so bees are now putting up their winter stores.  Consider planting these fall bloomers to extend the season for pollinators:

• Asters
• Goldenrod
• Joe Pyeweed
• Saliva
• Sedum
• Spirea
• Sunflowers
• Zinnias