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Bee bee tree blooming at MSU 08/01/2019
TweetToday, the MSU beebee tree is blooming again with male flowers. I am still trying to find out if the pollination of this plant has been studied. So far I could not find any literature. Aug/1/2019. Published on: Jul 23, 2013 @ 18:09 Prof. G. Ayers told me today that the huge bee bee tree […]
Michigan Spring Flowers: 1. Winter Aconite 04/23/2019
TweetZachary Huang, Michigan State University Citation: Huang, Z.Y. 2014. Michigan spring flowers: 1. winter aconite. BeetheBest Blog, http://bees.msu.edu/2014/winter-aconite/. Accessed on {date of your visit}. Family Renunculaceae Genus Eranthis Species E. hyemalis Common names aconite, winter aconite ZBAS*: 8 ZBAS*=Zach’s bee attraction score, by a plant. This is a subjective index (1-10, with 10 the most […]
Varroa Biology, Queen and Drone Biology 03/08/2019
TweetThese are the two handouts for my two talks at the ANR week: Handout (pdf format): Varroa Mite Reproductive Biology Link to Bee eXtension Varro reproductive biology Handout (pdf format): Queen and drone biology Zachary
Staghorn sumac 07/06/2018
Tweet Family: Anacardiaceae Genus: Rhus Species: R. typhina Common name: Staghorn sumac ZBAS: 8 I just noticed that this flower is basically done recently. It is difficult in summer (swarm control bee checking today!) to keep it up with flowers if I were to write on every flowers as they bloom! (still get red clover, alsike […]
Crown Vetch 07/06/2018
Tweet Family： Fabaceae Genus： Securigera Species： S. varia Common names： Crown vetch ZBAS* Honey bees 3, bumble bees 8 This flower is actually quite pretty. They remind me of my home town’s Chinese milkvetch which has the same shape of flowers but is a bit more red. It grows here by the road side and […]
Basswood 07/05/2018
Tweet Family： Malvaceae Genus： Tillia Species： Around 45 species worldwide Common names： Basswood, linden tree ZBAS 10 The first time I saw basswood (linden tree, Tillia) blooming this year, it was June 16, it is probably a different species from what I have here today. Right now all T. americana are done, T. tormentosa is […]
Bird’s foot trefoil 06/20/2018
Tweet Bird’s foot trefoil has been blooming for a while. It is a legume so that it fixes nitrogen just like the white clover. Honey bees will forage on it frequently. Mostly observed for pollen, but may also produce some honey from this plant. Family： Fabaceae Genus： Lotus Species： Lotus corniculatus Other names： eggs and […]
Catalpa is blooming 06/18/2018
Tweet Family: Bignoniaceae Genus: Catalpa Species: C. speciosa Other names: catawba ZBAS 7 I noticed that the catalpa trees have been blooming in Okemos for a few days. I took a few more pictures 3 days ago, but saw no bees on them. I checked my huge library of bee photos and found a few […]
White clover 06/17/2018
TweetZachary Huang, Michigan State University Family: Fabaceae Genus: Trifolium Species: T. repens Common names: Dutch clover, Ladino clover, or Ladino ZBAS*: 8 If one asks me what is the most important bee plant in Michigan, I would have to answer that it is this plant. My estimate would be that this plant contributes 40-50% of […]
Desert false indigo 05/25/2018
Tweet Family: Fabaceae Subfamily: Faboideae Genus: Amorpha Species: A. fruticosa Common names desert false indigo false indigo-bush bastard indigobush Zach’s bee attractiveness scale (ZBAS) 8 This flower was native to US but I saw it first time in China. When I saw it loaded with honey bees I asked my friend to stop his car and […]

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