2.18 10 major nectar and pollen producing plants Flashcards
10 Major Nectar/Pollen Producing Plants
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Willow Cherry Dandelion Horse Chestnut Sycamore Oil Seed Rape Field Beans White Clover Blackberry Rosebay Willow Ivy
When Cherries Don’t Have Stones Or Fields With Black Rosebay Ignite
Willow
3-4 Dioecious Female has nectar Male has nectar and pollen Too early for honey crop Good for Spring build up Pollen yellow to orange yellow
Cherry
4-5
Indifferent nectar supply
Honey pale straw colour, delicate taste
Pollen brownish
Dandelion
4-5
Nectar and pollen in profusion at fairly low temps
Honey is golden and course grain
Pollen orange
Horse Chestnut
4-5
Good quantities of pollen and nectar
Honey is light and granulates smoothly
pollen dark red
Sycamore
5
Good pollen and nectar secretions
Honey is light amber with greenish tinge. Good flavour and granulation
Pollen greenish grey
Field Beans
5-6 (Autumn sown) 6-7 (Spring sown
Autumn sown beans have good supply of nectar and pollen
Spring sown beans do not yield nectar well in some years although pollen good (Ted Hooper)
Honey medium amber, medium granulation
Pollen grey
White Clover
6-7 Good quantities of nectar and pollen Yields best over 20 degrees Honey delicious, pale straw colour, granulates within 2 months Pollen grey
Blackberry
7-8
Fructose rich nectar and good pollen even at fairly low temps
Medium amber good flavoured honey, slow granulation
Pollen grey
Ivy
9-10
Good pollen and nectar source at the the of the year
Honey has distinctive flavour and granulates quickly to hard
Pollen yellow
Hazel
2-4
Abundant pollen of low nutritional value but first fresh supply of year
Pollen yellow
Oil seed rape
5-6
Excellent nectar supply
High in glucose so crystalises rapidly (extract immediately
Honey is white with poor flavour and aroma
Good pollen - bright yellow
Nectar available Sept/Oct
Michaelmas daisy, mustard, heather, ivy
