Hyssop For Honey Bees, Hyssop Agastache, provides nectar for bees from June through October!

All segments in this video were recorded on October the 4th.
I have been planting Anise Hyssop seeds for many years, and this year I've also put potted plants into the landscape.
Anise Hyssop Blue Fortune
Anise Hyssop Agastache Rugosa "Little Adder"
are preferred by honey bees and many other bee species.
They are perennial and you can star them from seed, or as started plants.
I highly recommend this video for those wanting to know A-Z about Agastache!
Please tell him that Frederick Dunn sent you :) • Complete Guide to Anis...
Not a collaboration, just a video I found extremely helpful.
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[@FrederickDunn]

UPDATE: May 2nd of 2023, these plants are showing new green growth even though we're still very cold. Impressive. I am planting at least a hundred new plantings this year with plans to expand. I am very impressed.

[@nashvlbees]

I raise honeybees and have a 10'x20' section with about 30 Anise Hyssop plants and the bees absolutely love this plant!! They cover the plants from May until October. This is, without a doubt, their favorite plant. The bumblebees also go crazy over this plant!

[@FrederickDunn]

Thanks for sharing!

[@waterdragonclan9108]

Thank you for a very close up to the bees video. I had bee balm, but I think the Hyssop looks much better. I am going to get some hyssop and goldenrod, . Our Texas July heat, no flowers other than some of my honey suckle, sun flowers, and crape myrtles. Really need to plant more different season flower plants for the bees.

[@billymac9330]

I agree Fred, one of the best ways I have found shopping for Nectar plants is to see which plants have the most bees on them! Thanks for sharing another great video.

[@debbienash4170]

I have a small pollinator garden that I planted last year. I did “spring sowing” in milk jugs and transplanted the seedlings into the garden. I had anise hyssop, scarlet sage, bee balm, pineapple sage, blue sage, black eyed Susan’s and coreopsis. I added a butterfly bush and lantana that I purchased. It did great!! Bees, butterflies and hummingbirds all summer long. I will be adding more of these same plants this year, especially the anise hyssop. I planted a row of marigolds and a row of zinnias in my vegetable garden. The pollinators kept me company all summer while working in the garden. I have a spot that I am planting cosmos and cleome this year too. It’s so relaxing to sit, enjoy my cup of coffee and watch the pollinators go from garden to garden. I’m retired, live in the NE Georgia mountains and love working in my gardens.

[@ericatawney4960]

I've been growing a cultivar called 'Korean Licorice Mint' they have very long flower stalks and they are always covered in honey & bumblebees. I'm in the PNW so I've had the best production using fabric pots for these. I planted about 8 under a crab apple tree and I can't wait to see how big they get by next year! Thank you for all the extra info!

[@FrederickDunn]

Thanks for sharing, I hope those work out well for you :)

[@eileenanders]

I agree to "plant of the year" I plant giant blue hyssop using winter sowing milk jug method and they do really well. I get so many nice size plants in May to plant in the ground, in containers and to give to friends. Thanks for the video.

[@FrederickDunn]

Thanks for sharing!

[@halasterthethrice-fried3610]

We started with 12 Agastaches in my backyard and now easily have 5x that because it reseeds everywhere! The pollinators have also exponentially increased and the leaves are really delicious in salads. Quickly becoming my (second 😉) favourite plant. Cheers.

[@FrederickDunn]

Thank you for sharing that information. I like the idea of it reseeding itself around the property. I'm going to attempt to expand my Hyssop forage as quickly as possible as it's really taken a long time to get going here.

[@dulcedejesus3641]

Thank you,for saving our 🐝, 🦋, hummingbird. I'm going to start too,I already have my seeds but I'm learning how to germinate them 😅

[@FrederickDunn]

You are very welcome, I hope it all works out for you :)

[@dcsblessedbees]

Thank you Fred I enjoyed that, some useful information there. I was wondering about some wild flowers out in my field, turns out they look like aster, cool, cool. Ty Fred, have a wonderful day.

[@growitbuildit]

Absolutely beautiful video Mr. Dunn. Really loved your footage. And thank you very much for the shout out - I greatly appreciate it! May I ask what camera you were using?

[@FrederickDunn]

You are very welcome, I use a series of Sony Cinematic cameras for the slow-motion sequences at 1000 fps. at 1080p. Recently I have also been using my Samsung Galaxy phone for 1000 fps sequences but it only captures a second at a time (18 second final sequence), but is the most affordable - kzbin.info/www/bejne/e5y0qIuoo8xjmck it captures at a lower resoultion.

[@growitbuildit]

@@FrederickDunn Thank you!

[@yuzhang6383]

It's really wonderful. Thank you for recording a great video.🐝🌻

[@FrederickDunn]

Thank you for watching and taking a moment to comment :)

[@CastleHives]

Love the footage you put together Fred. I’m a SloMo addict.

[@FrederickDunn]

Thank you Brian! It's a lot of fun trying to get those sequences of the bees traveling through the undergrowth. This time I didn't use my phone :)

[@SteveDratwa]

LOVE IT in my tea,,i have a metal acorn for loose teas that i put a dried flower top in,,i also use lemon balm flowers

[@FrederickDunn]

Lots of medicinal applications. Thanks for sharing that you like it as a tea :)

[@sonofthunder.]

ill be looking for anis hyssop now....great,our golden rod still going

[@jamesbarron1202]

Ovate False Fiddleleaf is the most attractive flower I’ve seen my bees go for when they’re in bloom on my farm and I have lots of different flowering plants. It grows wild around my pond. I never planted it. I think it prefers boggy areas.

[@FrederickDunn]

That sounds great! I don't think I have any of that here...

[@charlesbale8376]

Enjoyed the video and appreciated the information.

[@FrederickDunn]

Thank you so much.

[@PlantRelated]

Absolutely love this. Thank you

[@FrederickDunn]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@kennith.]

Thank you Fred.

[@joeelam1]

Planting Lilyturf around the edge of the yard, bees seem to really enjoy it and I have lots to split. Nice information, just thinking about what to plant. Thanks

[@FrederickDunn]

Thanks for sharing what you're planting, Joe!

[@ChristieAnnMitchell]

❤️ thank you

[@FrederickDunn]

Welcome!

[@enricotoesca3941]

Hello Frederick 🥰

[@FrederickDunn]

Hello Enrico!

[@enricotoesca3941]

@@FrederickDunnI l❤️Ve your videoes ❤️❤️❤️❤️

[@thegr8stm8]

Hi Fred… always gr8 videography… Qns: Do you have any more interviews planned in near future? Any chance you can interview Cedar Anderson and deep dive into Flow Hives? Also wondering if FH have any thoughts on a 4 Flow Frame super for your 5 over 5 nucs? Any benefit? Cheers… 🍻🍻 mead should be looking/tasting good about now.😊

[@FrederickDunn]

Yes, I have interviews lined up. I've talked with Cedar in the past and we have plans for another when things calm down. kzbin.info/www/bejne/eKrbaIyvjJZjgrM I don't personally have any plans for a 5-frame flow-super, but that could easily be done. I think I'd put that on and then just remove it for harvest rather than tipping that tall nucleus column.

[@krzysztofdzierlatka8830]

Fred where do you get your seeds.thanks again f

[@FrederickDunn]

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[@skyhighactiondrones5453]

So when would you plant? Could I plant seed now in tilled ground for next year? Guessing they will come up now, come back next year? St Louis. Thanks

[@FrederickDunn]

Please watch the video that I linked in the description. That channel/video will take you through all of the seeding and propogation methods for hyssop. I'm from Kirkwood btw :)

[@skyhighactiondrones5453]

@@FrederickDunn grants farm area

[@HoosierDaddy_]

Blue Fortune Agastache is the best one to get. The exotic colored agastache are beautiful, but don't stay around for the bees and usually are annuals. Caryopterus is the BEST plant for swarms of bees. You won't make it 6 feet from the car until swarms of pollinators go for the caryopterus. These, and golden rod bring the bees!

[@FrederickDunn]

Thank you for sharing what your favorites are :) Giant Hyssop (Agastache foeniculum) is my current top performer :)

[@HoosierDaddy_]

@@FrederickDunn * yes! Those native varieties are amazing! I

[@maragrace820]

I am a beekeeper and I cannot find an Anise Hyssop that my honey bees will go to. Where did you get yours?

[@FrederickDunn]

You can do a google search for Purple Giant Hyssop, Agastache Scrophulariaefolia. I am starting some inside this winter, but can't vouch for this company "yet". www.EverWilde.com You can also start them from cuttings if you can find them already growing somewhere near you.

[@frankwerner9698]

If there is a food source available the bees prefer, you may get less action on other things. Lavender is an example. Try also mystic spires salvia and African blue basil

[@SleepyCreekBees]

Thinking about adding this to my field. Any idea of the effect on honey taste?

[@FrederickDunn]

Depending on the variety, some say it may add a minty or even licorice traces. It's too soon here for me to know if it has much if a flavor impact.

[@SleepyCreekBees]

@@FrederickDunn I may pick up a pound of seed and see.

[@tracyguillemette6255]

Thank you for showing the correct Anise Hyssop! I am noticing alot of mislabeling at nurseries and garden centers. The ones they are calling Anise Hyssop, have light green leaves, matte rather than shiny surface, large rounded teeth on leaf edge and do not smell like anise when the leaf is crushed. Beware people! It could be Korean or A. rugosa kzbin.info/www/bejne/r6bVY5uJftNsp5o

[@FrederickDunn]

You are so welcome!

[@jamesbarron1202]

Do you have any trees in bloom in your area? All I’m seeing is Vitex and Crepe Myrtles here in Texas. It’s bone dry here and smaller farm ponds are dried up. Mine included. We’re still in the 90s some days.

[@FrederickDunn]

None that I've been able to observe. I don't think I have any fall blooming tree species. We're ag zone 4

[@jamesbarron1202]

@@FrederickDunn our falls are like your summers.

[@PlantRelated]

Start seeds!

[@floydlivingston6762]

I do have a question I live in Washington state 45 miles from the beaches anyway I have two hives Both are two deeps this year Both had 4 honey supers on themI only Rob one honey supers off both hives This was in August When I got the money out of them I put the boxes back on the hives so that the bees could clean them up. That’s not what they did they fill them both up I just took him again a week ago anyway my question is one of them is Golden honey .The other one black like molasses I’ve never seen that before would that be from blackberries them selves that’s my question

[@FrederickDunn]

Hi Floyd, that's a great problem to have! Regarding the dark honey, the taste will help you identify that as well. Are there other beekeepers in your area with the same honey? Buckwheat comes to mind here.

[@lindafox4065]

Do you have Whitetail deer invading your gardens?

[@FrederickDunn]

Hi Linda, I don't have any gardens, these are just planted around our meadow areas. Anise Hyssop is a deer deterrent. We have lots of deer visiting the land nightly.

[@isaacsmith8746]

Soon won't be able to see my girls for a few months 🥲

[@FrederickDunn]

The long sleep is ahead for sure.

[@anneharrington7951]

Go to the garden center? Seeds are just too easy.