Just a quick post to introduce you to another great plant for bees!
Sorry it’s not a tree, but I couldn’t resist when I found honeybees on my neighbor’s Leatherleaf Mahonia, Mahonia japonica, in early March. This tough shrub for partial shade blooms in early spring and the blossoms will not freeze if temperatures reach below freezing.
That’s a win-win for the plant and the bees during a season when our temperatures are fluctuating so much. These plentiful and long-blooming flowers provide one of those supportive early food sources that bees need to get their colony reproducing again.
This post is part of series designed to raise awareness about trees–and other woody plants!–that help bees.
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