Why I am Planting Borage [ HONEY BEES & HERBALISM ]

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[@myoutdoorlife3833]

Very interesting! I've never heard of or seen borage before. It is really cool looking! I really like the idea of the borage infused honey to help with asthma! If you end up making that, I'll buy some from you! 👍

[@timashton1353]

Borage got me into bee keeping, love it!

[@TheHoneystead]

Lovely!!!!

[@teresastuttle6559]

Borage is also great for PMS.

[@fallenangelwi25]

I love, love, love this series!!!! Thank you for taking us on your journey 💖!!!! Also Valentine's day I am 20 weeks along with our rainbow baby!!!! We don't have gifts for each other but I told him our rainbow baby is our gift lol.

[@beekeepersguideforpollenid5194]

Borago officinals (Borage), it's melliferous value is 500kg/he (500 kilogram per hectare). The colour of Borage honey according to the Pfund colour grading system is white grey when liquid; white when crystallized. It has slow crystallization rate

[@kevinhoward4245]

I planted borage a few years back. My girls loved it and its a beautiful flower. Also it makes a beautiful garnish for salads.

[@Sunshine-nr6qe]

Love borage! And in my neck of the woods you only have to plant it once....and then it politely travels all around the garden each year 🥰

[@tlcross9620]

I love it....I grew a few parents the first year...then every year after they come back as a huge BORAGE reunion. The sweet little flowers are delicious. It transplants well too.

[@mi.homefarmsteadtherekucs5476]

I’m planting a bunch of 🐝borage too! I’m also starting milkweed for the butterflies 🦋 even though it won’t flower until it’s second year. I’m winter sowing them both. If you don’t want to wait winter sow them. 😊

[@TheHoneystead]

Milkweed is lovely!!!

[@RockStarVee]

It's so worth it. I hosted 13 monarch chrysalises last year; most caterpillars were on just one milkweed!

[@dariogeorge8680]

Nice. Thanks for the plant info.

[@allnight3071]

You are looking gorgeous 😍 Thank you for all you do ❤️

[@CrescentCottageHomestead]

Great plant! And very good Medicinal! 😉🌱

[@GivenChancesFarm]

Thank you for sharing! Great information! We will be definitely planting borage for our bees and us too!

[@mountainhobbit1971]

if you grow Comfrey be warned...it will take over. ;-) bees also love it and the leaves make great compost though and is great for minor cuts. Never tried Borage.

[@TheHoneystead]

I plan on planting roots in the wood line so it can take over 💛🙌

[@mountainhobbit1971]

@@TheHoneystead that would be a perfect place for it...it can get pretty big too!

[@beekeepinggarden165]

Great video and fabulous tips

[@MichaelMaxwell747]

I am really enjoying your videos and your outlook on life in general and your lifestyle.

[@82poppy]

Awesome! I bought the same seed pkg from Hoss...I had some borage previously but it died so restarting, can't wait to compare mine with yours ❤

[@Swarmstead]

Love borage for the bees.

[@TheHoneystead]

🙌🙌🙌

[@stevesoutdoorworld4340]

I love this BeeKeeper!

[@TheFarmacySeedsNetwork]

I love Borage too and really enjoy watching the Honey Bees working it. Lots of excellent things about Borage!

[@levyrogers6979]

Great video, it's good to see some of the younger people doing it right. You young lady are one of the few who seem to understand that we have to look at the overall picture. Once again great video. May God continue Bless you and yours.

[@robertlafollette2236]

Nice to see you again. We are 10* here tonight. It is hard to think about gardens, but you bring hope. God Bless.

[@malythea]

I had never heard of Borage before. Thank you for sharing your knowledge on this. I look forward to your recipes in the future and I'm sure your ladies will enjoy their bee bread!

[@homesteadingpastor]

Thanks for this information, my wife and I might try to plant some of this in our garden this year! Great Video! 🙏🏻😇👍🏻🙌🏻🐝🐝🐝🐝

[@crfboy2943]

Good info... Gonna give it a try and I like the way it looks also. Thanks for sharing....Larry

[@adampriestley7732]

I've already got my Borage seeds. Will show them next month.

[@patriciabrown3326]

I just learned about borage two days ago. I have already purchased seeds for my garden this year.

[@TheBHiveHomestead]

Castle Hives told me about you, so excited to see another beekeeper and homesteader.

[@Citystead]

I grew some in our front yard garden, it's a very pretty landscape plant as well

[@yasminnilima2366]

I love borage! My daughter calls them flowersallad😇 Bees love them. I will sow more of them. Even the white kind. Lot's of love from Sweden!🥰

[@HereWeGoSteelers]

Thank you for all you do to help us.

[@TheHoneystead]

💛

[@diannebeal8730]

My chickens love it ❤

[@facetime4me]

To digress for a moment..... love your hair! So pretty, all of you. Stay well!

[@TheHoneystead]

Well thank you!

[@joseantoniodesouzatoninho9354]

Obrigada pelas lições que compartilha conosco, além de aprendermos sobre as abelhas. I enjoy learning English, because I"m iniciant.... Thanks, by São Paulo. Brasil.

[@waydwnbama-way3089]

Just ordered Borage and their wildflower mix for the Southeast, come on spring.

[@LtColDaddy71]

Awww, we’ll, I wish it was more cold tolerant. It would have been a great addition to the cover crop mix for pest control

[@nelson_moore]

Bees love borage! We plant about 7-8 30’ rows of borage just for the bees. At 7000’, it’s just coming on. When I pluck off a borage flower, I can always find some tiny yellow thrips (I think?). I’ve found a few of them in hives also, so I assume they’ve hitched a ride with the bees. Don’t really know what to make of them, borage thrives in my hard, but tilled clay soil. Love your videos! Thanks for the info on borage infused honey - I'm going to try that!

[@a3skywarrior929]

Love your winter format! I do have a question for you and your subscribers. We have a small farm and we have a drainage ditch that borders our property. We have seeded native wildflowers late last summer along the banks. What else would be good to plant for bees and hummingbirds? I'm posting this late after work and probably won't get many suggestions.

[@michaelfrazer1807]

For bees , sainfain bees love it . Thank You

[@derekread8220]

As you say Borage is a prolific plant and the honeybees love it. Never tried the flowers or young leaves myself, have to try them this year. It fascinates me that in North America the 'H' in herb does not appear to be pronounced, it's silent, whereas here in England it is pronounced.

[@29ramjet]

We have self-heal (prunella vulgaris) that grows wild here in the Houston area. While it won’t grow wild where you are, it would grow in a green house or indoors. I have several thousand seeds and would be happy to share.

[@hollyhock3945]

I have heard borage is also a great companion to strawberries.

[@christianshannon3943]

Are you ready for this next winter storm ? I love the highlights in your hair . I will try planting some Borage flowers.

[@myoutdoorlife3833]

So, I'm thinking about planting Borage as a cover crop in one of my gardens since I heard it makes a good cover crop and the bees are supposed to like them, so it would be a three fold crop. Did you end up planting this, and If so, how did they grow?

[@OneCupOfCoffee204]

I never heard the word apothecary before just now. You never stop learning.

[@hauoleguyify]

I thought she was saying pocket carry. Google showed me some gun carrying options. 😂

[@bmabluemarbleaudibles]

I wonder how the honey will taste or I should say the difference in taste from last year to this year ?

[@benjamindejonge3624]

You have also manuka?

[@EasyAcres]

Now that I know about your hornworm issues you had, did borage help at all?

[@jessethompson6379]

I’ve heard that honeybees go for the most predominant pollen that is in bloom and stick with that pollen until depleted and another pollen becomes predominant? How do you know that they will even use this particular plant to make their honey. I’m a new , first year, two colony beekeeper , not being critical, just trying to learn. I also have asthma, so I’m interested in trying this as well.

[@micromike44mag]

While I watch the girls bring in pollen, the pollen sacks are always a different color, as they fly in. Grey, white-ish, light yellow. Here in Missouri. During the warmer winter days, they get into the chicken feed, dust. This is the time for artificial pollen. They will love you for that. Ultra bee. I take my wife out on a date, sit and watch the bees. Yea, I'm cheap.

[@MichaelMaxwell747]

It does look like you know the secret when you look to the left.

[@carolynlouise6566]

😁

[@CastleHives]

Guess I'll settle for third. .

[@TheHoneystead]

💛 ty for popping on

[@CastleHives]

I need to possibly get some seeds from Hoss and plant this as well. Going to reorganize my Apiary this year.

[@glendaglass7264]

Borage is very high in pyrrolizidine alkaloids and liver toxicity from them is cumulative. I would avoid internal consumption of the leaves.

[@bijayraut09]

I have good amount of honey production. Wanna export .

[@matthewfinn4762]

First . . LoL

[@TheHoneystead]

Hehe

[@kirkkopel850]

Thank you from Minnesota

[@robinfrazier9763]

I don't understand why you keep looking to your left .

[@TheHoneystead]

It’s a secret 👍🏼