What's flowering as forage in your area

[Monbees]

Lots of blackthorn in bloom and the bees were out in force in yesterday’s sunshine.
I had a patch of kale running to seed so left it all for the bees to enjoy.
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I've done the same with kale, Moobee. Hope I don't live to regret it come extraction time.

 

[Newbeeneil]

OSR in flower on the Southdowns.

 

[Moobee]

OSR in flower on the Southdowns.View attachment 31299

Don't think my girls can fly that far!

 

[Newbeeneil]

Don't think my girls can fly that far!

They might fly to Goodwood though! A large field beside the motor track

 

[Murox]

OSR in flower on the Southdowns.View attachment 31299

I guess that's Uh-oh for some and Whoopee for others..................

 

[Swn58]

I have a huge pear tree that overhangs into my garden. I reckon it's around 150 years old. It produces a great crop generally!

 

[Curly green finger's]

Dandelion flowering well and a flow on.

 

[StephenT]

Horse Chestnut is out on Ealing Common now. Different stages of flowering for different trees.

 

[elainemary]

All my landing boards are turning yellow. Dandelions out everywhere. As a gardener I’ve turned from hating to loving dandelions

 

[Antipodes]

Horse Chestnut is out on Ealing Common now. Different stages of flowering for different trees.

What a wonderful flower spike!

 

[Do224]

Dandelions have burst out here in the last few days…I’m yet to see a single bee on them though. Too dry for them to produce nectar? It hasn’t rained here in over a week

 

[Erichalfbee]

The bees are just not in the dandelions you’re looking at. The plant has a very long tap root. I’m sure it reaches water

 

[holmbee]

Amazing forage just around our house. The wild cherry is now in full bloom. Covered in bees making an unmissable buzzing. Also the gorse has been in flower for some time attracting both honey and bumble bees.

 

[peterbees]

Honey bee on hawthorn, Conwy Valley, North Wales, 8am today.

 

[enrico]

The bees are just not in the dandelions you’re looking at. The plant has a very long tap root. I’m sure it reaches water

I am with you. Thousand of dandelions. Quarter of a million bees but never seen them together!

 

[The Poot]

I am with you. Thousand of dandelions. Quarter of a million bees but never seen them together!

I saw lots of bees on dandelion in the field, when out with the dog this afternoon.
I also saw LOTS of dandelion with no bees on them.

 

[Swarm]

Honey bee on hawthorn, Conwy Valley, North Wales, 8am today.

Only just in leaf here, nice photo.

 

[Wilco]

Dandelions out here although I've noticed none at all on the sheep field despite me keeping them corralled off most of it for the last couple of months. I can neither confirm nor deny that I've been seen wandering around picking dandelion seed heads to seed it with...

Horse chestnut starting to flower in Aldershot. Wish I had hives there as there are so many mature trees.

Apple (domestic and crab) starting too and the gorse is blazing away everywhere it grows that I've been over Easter - M25 junction on the M3 all the way down to Bordon. OSR fully in flower but a little way from my girls so we shall see how that goes.

Given how dry it is now, it will be interesting to see whether the lindens or heather produce much later on.

 

[Nannysbees]

Honey bee on hawthorn, Conwy Valley, North Wales, 8am today.

Visited Conwy last week, stayed at betws y coed. Beautiful part of our country

 

[Erichalfbee]

They have a honey fair every year in September