Do Bees Like Thistles?

breweri) Native bees use thistles too, and will sometimes be found on flowers already teeming with beetles and other native pollinators. Because thistles draw in so many beneficial pollinators, they also bring in predators such as spiders, ready to ambush unsuspecting prey.

Are thistles good for bees?

The creeping thistle is especially abundant, and attracts many species of bumble bees and solitary species, moths, flies and beetles.

Do bees get nectar from thistles?

Many favorite flowers for honey bees, like sweetclover, thistle, alfalfa and dandelion, are Eurasian plants too weedy for flower beds. Thankfully, there are some beautiful summer garden flowers, many being North American natives, which are also great nectar and pollen plants favored by these Old World native bees.