100 Plants to Feed the Bees by The Xerces Society

Author:The Xerces Society
Language: eng
Format: epub, pdf
Tags: pollinator garden;how to attract bees;plant a bee garden;bee garden plants;bee garden flowers;plant a bee friendly garden;pollinator friendly plants;bee conservation;how to help bees;bumble bee plants;honey bees dying;why are bees important;why are bees disappearing;how to attract butterflies
Publisher: Storey Publishing, LLC
Published: 2016-09-28T14:16:16+00:00

Uses

Reforestation/shade garden

Ornamental

Edible/herbal/medicinal

Exposure: Sun to shade

Soil moisture: Average

Bloom time: Early summer

Flower color: White

Maximum height: 80 feet (24 m)

46.

Blackberry, Raspberry

(Rubus spp.)

Many native and nonnative bramble species and cultivated varieties are found across the United States and much of Canada. They are valued as forage plants for honey bees as well as for their usually tasty berries: beekeepers report more than 25 pounds of surplus honey per hive, especially in the Northwest, where forest clearings and roadsides support vast thickets of the invasive Himalayan blackberry (Rubus armeniacus). The honey from these plants is white or light amber, typically very thick, and slow to granulate. These plants bloom right after tree fruits but before white clover, making them an important resource in farmlands and anywhere honey bees are managed.

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