Trees commonly useful in an urban landscape for bees

Trees commonly useful in an urban landscape for bees Tree Acer campestre (Field maple) Acer negundo (Box elder) Acer platanoides (Norway maple) Acer pseudoplatanus (Sycamore) Acer spp. (Not Japanese maples)

Product

Pollen & Nectar Pollen Nectar (Dependent upon weather) Aesculus califonica Pollen & Nectar Aesculus carnea Pollen & Nectar Aesculus hippocastanum (Horse Pollen & Nectar chesnut) Aesculus indica Pollen & Nectar Ailanthus altissima (Tree of Nectar heaven) Alnus cordata Pollen Amelanchier lamarkii Pollen & Nectar (Dependent upon weather) Buxus sempervirens Pollen Castanea sativa (Sweet chestnut) Pollen & Nectar (Dependent upon weather) Catalpa bignonoides (Indian bean Pollen & Nectar tree) Cercis siliquastrum (Judas tree) Pollen & Nectar Crataegus spp.

Pollen & Nectar (Dependent upon weather) Eucalyptus spp.

Nectar Fagus spp.(common and purples) Pollen

Spring (Feb – May) X X X X X

X X

Spring / Summer (May – July)

Summer / Autumn (Aug – Oct)

X X X X

X

X X X

X X

X

X

X

X

Winter (Nov – Feb)

Tree

Product

Fraxinus ornus Pollen Fraxinus spp.

Pollen Gleditsia triacanthos (Honey Nectar (Dependent locust) upon weather) Ilex spp.

Pollen & Nectar Koelreuteria panicultata (Golden Pollen & Nectar rain tree) (Good) Liquidamber spp.

Nectar (Dependent upon weather) Liridendron tulipifera (Tulip tree) Nectar (Dependent upon weather) Malus spp. (crab & fruit) Pollen Malus pumila (Apples) Pollen & Nectar (Good) Populus spp.

Pollen & propolis Prunus avium (Gean) Pollen & Nectar Prunus cerasifera (Cherry plum) Pollen & Nectar (Dependent upon weather) Prunus cerasus (Sour cherry) Pollen & Nectar (Good) Prunus domestica (Plum) Pollen & Nectar (Good) Prunus dulcis (Almond) Pollen & Nectar (Profuse) Prunus padus (Bird cherry) Pollen & Nectar Prunus spp. (Blackthorns, almonds, Pollen plums, wild cherries & ornimentals) Prunus spinosa (Blackthorn) Pollen & Nectar Prunus subhirtella autumnalis Pollen (Winter flowering cherry)

Spring (Feb – May)

X

Spring / Summer (May – July) X X X

Summer / Autumn (Aug – Oct)

Winter (Nov – Feb)

X

X X X X X X X X X X X X

X

X

Tree yeodoensis

Prunus x cherry) Pyrus communis

Product (Jashino Pollen & Nectar

Pollen & Nectar (weak) Quercus spp.

Pollen Robinia psedoacaia Pollen & Nectar Salix caprea Pollen Saphora japonica (Pagoda tree) Pollen & Nectar (Good) Sorbus aria (Whitebeam) Pollen & Nectar Sorbus aucuparia (Mountain ash) Pollen & Nectar Sorbus intermedia (Swedish Pollen & Nectar whitebeam) Taxus baccata Pollen Tilia cordata (Small leaved lime) Tilia petiloraris (Weeping silver lime) Tilia platyphyllos (Broad leaved lime) Tilia tomentosa (Silver lime) Tilia x euclora (Crimea lime) * (no honeydew) Tilia x europaea (Common lime) Tillia spp. (Limes) Pollen (To a lesser extent) and Nectar (Depends upon weather, in good conditions trees produce massive amounts) & Honeydew Ulmus spp.

Pollen

Spring (Feb – May) X

Spring / Summer (May – July)

Summer / Autumn (Aug – Oct)

Winter (Nov – Feb)

X

X

X X X X X X

X

X

X

X X X X

X

X

The months allotted to the season ranges do not reflect the almanac but takes account of flowering periods.