What's flowering as forage in your area

[Nannysbees]

I've just bought a mimosa! I do hope the bees like it but now i'm wondering! I've also bought some different viburnums (fragrant ones). I hope they will enjoy them.

It's funny, this house is surrounded by woods. On our plot i think it's mainly oak, firs, chestnut, limes (not in flower) and a little further away more sunflowers than you can shake a stick at. As far as i could tell i got no sunflower honey last year. I got honeydew honey instead. I was expecting them to be all over the sunflowers...

We had bumble bees all over our sunflowers last year but not one honey bee that I could see

 

[Moobee]

Just hellebores at the moment.

 

[E&MBees]

I’ve got lots of Winter flowering honeysuckle, bumbles are enjoying it.

 

[BBC]

I’m near Cheddar in Somerset. We have Cherry blossom, Snow Drops and several other non-native garden flowers blooming. Our Fuschias and wild flowers are still managing to put out blooms.
As a result, bumble bees have joined my own bees in being worryingly active.

 

[Curly green finger's]

Going around a few of the hives in gardens Ericas are flowering, mahonia, snowdrops and heliborus.

 

[Nannysbees]

Hellibores, snowdrops, crocus and even a few blooms of campanula, incredible!!!!

 

[Swarm]

Hellibores, snowdrops, crocus and even a few blooms of campanula, incredible!!!!

How is that wide, grass verge on Port Road looking? Are the Crocuses flowering? It's always such a beautiful display.

 

[Nannysbees]

How is that wide, grass verge on Port Road looking? Are the Crocuses flowering? It's always such a beautiful display.

Fabulous especially as we discovered a long line of lime trees over the road and running along the play park. Snowdrops are out, no crocuses as yet, but you're right beautiful display when they do come out, looks amazing

 

[JamezF]

Fabulous especially as we discovered a long line of lime trees over the road and running along the play park. Snowdrops are out, no crocuses as yet, but you're right beautiful display when they do come out, looks amazing

Oddly, we're about 25 miles due south of Barry and there's no sign of snowdrops here at all

James

 

[Newbeeneil]

I normally think of snowdrops appearing in January but this year I've only seen one small group that were just emerging.... strange weather

 

[E&MBees]

I normally think of snowdrops appearing in January but this year I've only seen one small group that were just emerging.... strange weather

Nothing here yet in my garden. Leaves are up but buds have not appeared.

 

[jenkinsbrynmair]

I normally think of snowdrops appearing in January but this year I've only seen one small group that were just emerging.... strange weather

usually see the first flowers on New Year's day but so far this year not even much sign of the tips appearing

 

[Bumbling Keeper]

Winter Heliotrope One of my favs at this time of year for it's gentle pervasive scent alone. No insects yesterday though; 6C in the sunshine (Devon)

 

[OrchardBees]

I've got a long Sarcococca hedge that's heaving with bees on sunny days. The smell is almost overpowering!

 

[E&MBees]

I've got a long Sarcococca hedge that's heaving with bees on sunny days. The smell is almost overpowering!

That’s really interesting. The bees ignore my Sarcococca’s.

 

[Erichalfbee]

That’s really interesting. The bees ignore my Sarcococca’s.

Yes same here but I have a huge flowering Mahonia. Perhaps that's just a better source.

 

[Antipodes]

Bees collecting the sap from the Norfolk Island Pine (Araucaria heterophylla ).

 

[Nannysbees]

Bees collecting the sap from the Norfolk Island Pine (Araucaria heterophylla ).

how many hives do you have?

 

[Antipodes]

how many hives do you have?

The same as Jenkinsbrynmair

 

[Bumbling Keeper]

That’s really interesting. The bees ignore my Sarcococca’s.

Interesting; I wonder if the variety is different? S. humilis? S. confusa? (the most common ones)