Plant a variety of plants that flower throughout the year.
Bees like flowers that are blue, yellow, violet and purple.
Bees are attracted to fragrant flowers.
Avoid the use of pesticides.
Trees
Acacia karroo – Sweet Thorn
Acacia mellifera – Black Thorn
Apodytes dimidiate – White Pear
Berchemia zeheri – Red Ivory
Brachylaena discolour – Forest Silver Oak
Buddleja saligna – False Olive
Buddleja salvifolia – Sagewood
Burchellia bubaline – Wild Pomegranite
Calodendrum capensis – Cape Chestnut
Calpurnia aurea – Wild Laburnum
Carissa macrocarpa – Big Num Num
Clausena anisate – Horsewood
Combretum erythrophyllum – River Bushwillow
Combretum krausii – Forest Bushwillow
Dais cotinifolia – Pompon
Dichrostachys cineria
Diopsyros lycioides – Transvaal Bluebush
Dombeya rotundifloia – Wild Pear
Dovyalis caffra – Kei Apple
Ehretia rigida – Puzzle Bush
Ekebergia capensis – Cape Ash
Erythrina lysistemon – Coral Tree
Euclea crispa – Blue guarrie
Galpina transvaalica – Wild Pride of India
Gardenia thunbergia – Starry Gardenia
Grewia occidentalis – Cross Berry
Halleria lucida – Tree Fuchsia
Heteropyxis natalensis – Lavender Tree
Heteromorpha trifoliate – Parsley Tree
Kiggelaria Africana – Wild Peach
Maytenus heterophylla – Common Spike Thorn
Noltea africana – Soap Dogwood
Nuxia floribunda – Forest Elder
Ochna serrulate – Micky Mouse bush
Olea africana – Wild Olive
Pappea capensis – Jacket Plum
Pavetta lanceolate – Weeping Brides Bush
Pavonia praemorsa – Yellow Morllow
Peltophorum africanum – African Wattle
Portulacaria afra – Spekboom
Polygala myrtifolia – September Bush
Rhamnus prinoides – Dogwood
Rothmannia globose – September Bells
Searsia chirindensis – Red Currant
Searsia lancea – Karee
Searsia penduline – White karee
Spirosstachys africana – Tamboti
Schotia brachypetala – Weeping Boerbean
Senegalia burkei – Black Monkey – thorn
Syzygium cordatum – Waterberry
Vachellia karoo – Sweet Thorn
Vachellia sieberana – Paperbark Thorn
Vangueria infausta – Wild Medlar
Zanthoxylum capensis – Knob Wood
Ziziphus mucronata – Buffalo Thorn
Shrubs
Anisodontea classic service – Pink Mallow
Barlaria obtuse – Bush Violet
Bauhinia tomentosa – Yellow Bauhinia
Buddleja auriculate – Weeping Sage
Cerototheca triloba –Wild Foxglove
Clerodendrum glabrum – Cat’s Whiskers
Coleonema alba – Cape May
Crassula ovata – Pink Joy
Duvernoia adhatodoides – Pistol Bush
Eriocephalus africanus – Wild Rosemary
Euryops sp – Daisy Bushes
Freylinia lanceolata – Honeybell Bush
Hibiscus peducularis – Pik Mallow
Hypoestes aristate – Ribbon Bush
Leonotis leonaurus – Wild Dagga
Orthosiphon labiatus – Pink Sage
Plectranthus sp – Spur Flowers
Protea sp – Proteas
Strelitzia reginae – Crane Flower
Tecoma capensis – Honeysuckle
Bulbs
Aristea eckloni – Blue Stars
Boophane disticha – Poison Bulb
Clivia sp – Bush Lily
Crinum sp – River Lily
Crocosmia aurea – Falling Stars
Gloriosa superba – Flame Lily
Haemanthus albiflos – White Paintbrush
Hypoxis hemerocladdea – African Potato
Knipofia sp – Red Hot Poker
Velthemia bracteate
Zantedeschia sp – Arum Lily
Climbers
Jasminum sp – Wild Jasminum
Senecio tamoides – Canary Creeper
Perennials
Agapanthus sp – Blue Lily
Arctotos sp –
Asystasia gangetica – Creeping Foxglove
Bulbine sp – Snake Flower
Chlorophytum saundersiae (Anthericum)
Cineraria saxifragra – Wild Cineraria
Falkia repens – White Carpet
Felicia amelloides – Blue Felicia Bush
Gazania sp – Trailing Gazania
Geranium incanum – Carpet Geranium
Pelargonium sp
Phygelius aequalis – River Bell
Scabiosa africana – Pincushion
Wachendorfia thrysifolia – Blood Root
Succulents
Aloe sp all
Aptemia cordata
Cotula sericea – Buttons
Cotyledon orbiculate – Pigs Ear
Crassula sp
Kalanchoe sexangularis – Bird Brandy
Lampranthus sp – Vygie
Plectranthus sp – Spur Flower