What's flowering as forage in your area

[bpmurray]

The apples, pears, cherry & plums are almost finished here and the dandelions have gone to seed. However, we have loads of sycamore, field maple and horse chestnut. In one hive today, some of the bees had a very bright yellow pollen coating the head and thorax but I don't know what it is - hopefully not buttercup.

 

[Monbees]

It’s a cinquefoil
Relative of the strawberry.
Pretty little flower

Cinquefoil, with four petals?

 

[Erichalfbee]

Cinquefoil, with four petals?

Aha
So it has.
Back to the drawing board

 

[Fritillary]

I thought the same yesterday, but looking online, yes there are potentillas/cinquefoils with 4 petals!

 

[Erichalfbee]

Ive checked and you’re right so maybe I was right after all.

 

[jenkinsbrynmair]

I thought the same yesterday, but looking online, yes there are potentillas/cinquefoils with 4 petals!

so quatrefoils then?

 

[Curly green finger's]

I spoke to my botanists friend yesterday and emailed the picture.
He said it was potentilla erecta.


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[Erichalfbee]

I spoke to my botanists friend yesterday and emailed the picture.
He said it was potentilla erecta.


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Good to get a proper id
My plant app said erect cinquefoil or p erecta

 

[Curly green finger's]

Good to get a proper id

My plant app said erect cinquefoil or p erecta

Perfect!
Nice to no.
Here's some more.
The last but one was taken about 2 weeks ago the moutian Ash are struggling with a desease of some sort.
It amazes me how the landscape has bounced back after all the quarrying

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[Swarm]

It's also quite late too, my Rowan has been over for a few weeks.

@BPMurray
Glad you put that photo up, I've had the same with my hives, bit like a yellow Balsam type stripe.
I've also had bees that looked as if they had been sitting in clay/mud. These had a clay brown deposit around the side and tip of the abdomen.

 

[Curly green finger's]

It's also quite late too, my Rowan has been over for a few weeks.



@BPMurray

Glad you put that photo up, I've had the same with my hives, bit like a yellow Balsam type stripe.

I've also had bees that looked as if they had been sitting in clay/mud. These had a clay brown deposit around the side and tip of the abdomen.

We are a few weeks behind you Steve the dandelions have only just gone over and the crab apple is still flowering well.
Harwthorne very locally is only just coming out.

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[Erichalfbee]

The pink one’s a Cuckoo Flower?
Don’t ask about the yellow one. There’s loads of dandelion look alikes

 

[Newbeeneil]

I think the yellow one is hawkbit- I spotted some on a walk recently and the wife's app (leaf) had it as Hawkbit.
https://www.google.com/search?q=haw...=chrome-mobile&ie=UTF-8#imgrc=-nayzXJGwZ76YM:

 

[Fritillary]

I've got what looks like a tall/fully grown? version of the furry-leaved one here and decided it was hedge woundwort. With square stems?
- or maybe not, having another look.Your leaves look furrier and seem to be growing straight from the main stem.

 

[Curly green finger's]

I've got what looks like a tall/fully grown? version of the furry-leaved one here and decided it was hedge woundwort. With square stems?

Pic 1 is wild sage I put a pic on a foraging site!

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[bpmurray]

I spoke to my botanists friend yesterday and emailed the picture.
He said it was potentilla erecta.

Excellent, thank you. So one of the "cinque"foils with 4 petals then

 

[E&MBees]

Spotted this Dog Rose this morning. The first of the season for me.

 

[Curly green finger's]

Excellent, thank you. So one of the "cinque"foils with 4 petals then

Yes bpmurray. here's another type of strawberry (blind) it's a shame they don't fruit as I would of liked to make some preserve with them

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[Swarm]

I have a single open flower on my Rambling Rose Francis E Lester. Loads of buds, should be a wonderful display this year. The Wisteria was beautiful but the leaves are taking over now.

 

[Erichalfbee]

Yes bpmurray. here's another type of strawberry (blind) it's a shame they don't fruit as I would of liked to make some preserve with them

We have lots here. Usually enough to make a small pot or two.
Re your wild sage. Ours is nearly over. Next time you’re there rub a leaf between your fingers and smell it.