Trees commonly useful in an urban landscape for bees

Tree Product Spring

(Feb – May) Spring / Summer

(May – July) Summer / Autumn

(Aug – Oct) Winter

(Nov – Feb) Acer campestre (Field maple) X Acer negundo (Box elder) X Acer platanoides (Norway maple) X Acer pseudoplatanus (Sycamore) Pollen & Nectar X Acer spp. (Not Japanese maples) Pollen Nectar

(Dependent upon weather)

X X

Aesculus califonica Pollen & Nectar X Aesculus carnea Pollen & Nectar X Aesculus hippocastanum (Horse chesnut)

Pollen & Nectar X X

Aesculus indica Pollen & Nectar X Ailanthus altissima (Tree of heaven)

Nectar X

Alnus cordata Pollen X Amelanchier lamarkii Pollen & Nectar

(Dependent upon weather)

X

Buxus sempervirens Pollen X Castanea sativa (Sweet chestnut) Pollen & Nectar

(Dependent upon weather)

X

Catalpa bignonoides (Indian bean tree)

Pollen & Nectar X

Cercis siliquastrum (Judas tree) Pollen & Nectar X Crataegus spp. Pollen & Nectar

(Dependent upon weather)

X

Eucalyptus spp. Nectar X Fagus spp.(common and purples) Pollen X

Tree Product Spring

(Feb – May) Spring / Summer

(May – July) Summer / Autumn

(Aug – Oct) Winter

(Nov – Feb) Fraxinus ornus Pollen X Fraxinus spp. Pollen X Gleditsia triacanthos (Honey locust)

Nectar (Dependent upon weather)

X

Ilex spp. Pollen & Nectar X Koelreuteria panicultata (Golden rain tree)

Pollen & Nectar (Good)

X

Liquidamber spp. Nectar (Dependent upon weather)

X

Liridendron tulipifera (Tulip tree) Nectar (Dependent upon weather)

X

Malus spp. (crab & fruit) Pollen X Malus pumila (Apples) Pollen & Nectar

(Good) X

Populus spp. Pollen & propolis X Prunus avium (Gean) Pollen & Nectar X Prunus cerasifera (Cherry plum) Pollen & Nectar

(Dependent upon weather)

X

Prunus cerasus (Sour cherry) Pollen & Nectar (Good)

X

Prunus domestica (Plum) Pollen & Nectar (Good)

X

Prunus dulcis (Almond) Pollen & Nectar (Profuse)

X

Prunus padus (Bird cherry) Pollen & Nectar X Prunus spp. (Blackthorns, almonds, plums, wild cherries & ornimentals)

Pollen X

Prunus spinosa (Blackthorn) Pollen & Nectar X Prunus subhirtella autumnalis (Winter flowering cherry)

Pollen X

Tree Product Spring

(Feb – May) Spring / Summer

(May – July) Summer / Autumn

(Aug – Oct) Winter

(Nov – Feb) Prunus x yeodoensis (Jashino cherry)

Pollen & Nectar X

Pyrus communis Pollen & Nectar (weak)

X

Quercus spp. Pollen X Robinia psedoacaia Pollen & Nectar X Salix caprea Pollen X Saphora japonica (Pagoda tree) Pollen & Nectar

(Good) X

Sorbus aria (Whitebeam) Pollen & Nectar X Sorbus aucuparia (Mountain ash) Pollen & Nectar X Sorbus intermedia (Swedish whitebeam)

Pollen & Nectar X

Taxus baccata Pollen X Tilia cordata (Small leaved lime) X Tilia petiloraris (Weeping silver lime)

X

Tilia platyphyllos (Broad leaved lime)

X

Tilia tomentosa (Silver lime) X Tilia x euclora (Crimea lime) * (no honeydew) X Tilia x europaea (Common lime) X Tillia spp. (Limes) Pollen (To a lesser

extent) and Nectar (Depends upon weather, in good conditions trees produce massive amounts) & Honeydew

X

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