Category: bee plants
Summer flower 8: Sweet clovers
Family： Fabaceae Genus： Melilotus Species： M. alba, M. officinalis Common names： white/yellow sweet clovers ZBAS 8 White honey production from… read more Summer flower 8: Sweet clovers
Summer flower 3: Basswood
Family： Malvaceae Genus： Tilia Species： Around 45 species worldwide Common names： Basswood, linden tree ZBAS 10 [Zach’s update on June… read more Summer flower 3: Basswood
Summer flower 6: Crown Vetch
Family： Fabaceae Genus： Securigera Species： S. varia Common names： Crown vetch ZBAS* Honey bees 3, bumble bees 8 This flower… read more Summer flower 6: Crown Vetch
Summer flower 5: Bird’s foot trefoil
Bird’s foot trefoil has been blooming for a while. It is a legume so that it fixes nitrogen just like… read more Summer flower 5: Bird’s foot trefoil
Summer flower 4: Staghorn sumac
Family: Anacardiaceae Genus: Rhus Species: R. typhina Common name: Staghorn sumac ZBAS: 8 I just noticed that this flower is… read more Summer flower 4: Staghorn sumac
Summer flower 1: Do bees forage on cattails?
Family Typhaceae Genus Typha Species T. latifolia ZBAS* 0.5 (Michigan)8 (China, to A. cerana) I have spent about 1.5 hours… read more Summer flower 1: Do bees forage on cattails?
Spring flower 27: Desert false indigo
Family: Fabaceae Subfamily: Faboideae Genus: Amorpha Species: A. fruticosa Common names desert false indigofalse indigo-bushbastard indigobush ZBAS* 8 This flower was… read more Spring flower 27: Desert false indigo
Spring flower 26: Smoke bush
Family Anacardiaceae Genus Cotinus Species C. coggygria Common name smoke tree, smoke bush, 黄栌 ZBAS 8 It is called “smoky… read more Spring flower 26: Smoke bush