What's flowering as forage in your area

[Nannysbees]

Spectacular tree in work, can someone identify please

 

[Erichalfbee]

Bird cherry?
Does it smell?

 

[Nannysbees]

Bird cherry?
Does it smell?

Yes beautiful fragrance

 

[Paulypaul]

My wife borrowed the book "Planting for honeybees" from the local library.
An interesting table of the alleged best flowering plants for bees, by month of bloom.



On another table, they list a type of Clematis "Clematis cirrhosa Evergreen Clematis" as flowering from December to February. Does anyone have experience of bee forage on that one? I ask as some of my colonies will forage throughout the winter.

 

[E&MBees]

I have a Clematis Cirrhosa, Wisley Cream. It’s not near my bees, but it is visited by bees and bumbles. Beautiful flowers, uplifting when there isn’t much else around.
https://www.rhs.org.uk/plants/95824/clematis-cirrhosa-wisley-cream-(c)/details

 

[emoclewbee]

Apples well and truly out here in Cork.
Haven't seen any bees on them this year though

 

[simonwig]

Bird cherry?
Does it smell?

Agree, bird cherry.
Simon

 

[Newbeeneil]

I’m not sure if bees forage on cowslips but I couldn’t resist this picture.

My bees are behind me and the house is a station which was made defunct in the 1930’s so I’m standing on the old track ballast.