What's flowering as forage in your area

[Newbeeneil]

My evergreen honeysuckle is humming with bumbles and honeybees at the moment.

 

[StephenT]

The Knapweed has taken over most of the ‘wild flower meadow’ on Ealing Common and is starting to flower now.

 

[Moobee]

Almost finished flowering but the bees are still all over it.

 

[Antipodes]

Almost finished flowering but the bees are still all over it.

Absolutely spectacular example there.

 

[Moobee]

Absolutely spectacular example there.

It’s been the best year I can remember for these.

 

[Antipodes]

It’s been the best year I can remember for these.

There is a little bit here about the honey (you may already know).

https://thisnzlife.co.nz/top-17-trees-feed-bees-new-zealand-year-round/

 

[Moobee]

There is a little bit here about the honey (you may already know).

https://thisnzlife.co.nz/top-17-trees-feed-bees-new-zealand-year-round/

Ah thanks so much for the info. I know the bees work the tree heavily when it flowers and virtually every other garden where I live has a cabbage palm so it’s a great source of nectar in June when there can be a gap in forage elsewhere.
We live on the coast so the climate is very mild - quite interested in planting a few of the other trees on the list too as long as they can withstand salty winter gales!

 

[Dr. Abe]

I now have Yellow Sweet, Dutch White, and Alsike clovers in full bloom. Basswood trees are getting close to flowering.

So far honey has not been extremely fast coming in and that may be partly do to the moderate to severe drought my area is going through.

 

[user 20297]

The bees have started bringing in a grey pollen, We have lots of elderberry growing wild in the forage range and it is just entering full flower. Pollen charts indicate that this is what it's likely to be.

 

[Erichalfbee]

Any Bramble in bloom?

 

[user 20297]

Any Bramble in bloom?

Impossible to say not, but I haven't seen any....obviously the bees would.
Next thing will be Rosebay, which is already flowering by the seaside.

 

[user 20297]

Any Bramble in bloom?

Also a massive acreage of field beans within easy distance.
https://beekeepingforum.co.uk/threads/field-bean-honey.25334/post-348473

 

[ericbeaumont]

grey pollen

elderberry growing wild

Grey is blackberry; elder is no use to pollinators, apart from flies.

 

[Erichalfbee]

Grey is blackberry; elder is no use to pollinators, apart from flies.

I've noticed that none of my elder has set in the last couple of years. Perhaps even the flies don't like it anymore down here

 

[user 20297]

Grey is blackberry; elder is no use to pollinators, apart from flies.

Any Bramble in bloom?

Latest news, bramble/blackberry in flower near my hives.

 

[StephenT]

There’s a couple of Indian Horse Chestnut trees on The Common flowering at the minute. Spotted a few bees on them unlike the Lime which seemed to just have a few bumbles foraging.

 

[Ian123]

I’ve seen some Sweet Chestnut open already around me.

 

[jenkinsbrynmair]

rosebay willowherb has burst into bloom - and of course, the bramble

 

[alancooper]

Lime, Rosebay willowherb and Bramble flowering for a week.

 

[Curly green finger's]

Rosebay and I’ve seen lots of
Meadow sweet flowering to