BL.Empleados.RetrieveEmployeesName C# (CSharp) Method

        public List<String> RetrieveEmployeesName()
        {
            try
               {
                   var query = from e in entities.empleados select e;
                   List<string> nomemp = new List<string>();
                   foreach (empleado emp in query)
                       nomemp.Add(emp.nombres);

                   return nomemp;
               }
               catch (Exception err)
               {
                   throw new Exception(err.ToString() + "--Empleados.cs / RetrieveEmployeesName()");
               }
        }