What's flowering as forage in your area

[North End Bees]

I love them too. Such a cheerful little flower!

 

[Swarm]

Met by the delicious hyacinth scent from the bluebells as I walked the dogs. 9 am and honey bees all over them, made me wish I still had bees at home.

 

[BeeKeyPlayer]

Hawthorn behind, beans in front.

 

[Newbeeneil]

I arrived at an out apiary this evening and parked by a hawthorn hedge. When I got out of the van I was amazed by the pungency of the blossom! Really heady aroma.

 

[Erichalfbee]

It is. Very heady. Rotten when it’s too cold for the bees though

 

[Antipodes]

Hawthorn behind, beans in front.

What is the flower in the middle ground?

 

[JamezF]

What is the flower in the middle ground?

Not certain because it can be confused with a couple of other plants, but I think it might be what I know as "cow parsley", which is a fairly common hedgerow "weed" in the UK.

James

 

[Curly green finger's]

What is the flower in the middle ground?

Looks like ground elder looking again I think James is right cow parsley

 

[BeeKeyPlayer]

Looks like ground elder looking again I think James is right cow parsley

Yes, it's what I call cow parsley. There's lots of comfrey there too but not in the picture.

 

[Antipodes]

Yes, it's what I call cow parsley. There's lots of comfrey there too but not in the picture.

At first blush I thought it looked like hemlock, which has made its way down here in a few spots.
Lovely site there and looking very lush. The bees should be happy with that!

 

[peterbees]

Ceanothus tree near Conwy, north Wales today. The bees love it.

 

[JamezF]

Ceanothus tree near Conwy, north Wales today. The bees love it.

That looks absolutely stunning.

James

 

[Erichalfbee]

Ceanothus tree near Conwy, north Wales today. The bees love it.

I bet. I've tried to grow them but unsuccessfully

 

[Curly green finger's]

Lovely smell of harwthorne in the hives and the holly is flowering really well

 

[Erichalfbee]

Holly? We are surrounded by the stuff! Never seen as many flowers.

 

[alancooper]

Holly flowering exceptionally well. Bees using it for nectar mainly but Sycamore pollen predominate in store and pollen loads at the hive entrance.

 

[SWHives]

Still plenty of Hawthorn around. Whitebeam and ash also blooming. Seen the first bramble flowers today with honeybees on it. Lime is about to start blooming soon.
We might not get a june gap at all.

 

[user 20297]

Holly? We are surrounded by the stuff! Never seen as many flowers.

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Same here in Scotland....looks like an exotic tree this year and has a heavy scent.

 

[Swarm]

Still plenty of Hawthorn around. Whitebeam and ash also blooming. Seen the first bramble flowers today with honeybees on it. Lime is about to start blooming soon.
We might not get a june gap at all.
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Astounding show of Hawthorn this year, the scent is thick in the air.

 

[Dr. Abe]

I have wild black raspberries and blackberries just starting. White clover in the area is also getting going.

It has been a bit dry in Michigan recently and that has made an negative impact on the flowers.