Apricot
Prunus armeniaca
- Flowering period
- March–April
- Nectar
- sehr gut
- Pollen
- sehr gut
The Apricot flowers very early, in March and April, making it one of the first tree flows of the year. It is considered a very good nectar and pollen source for the honeybee, at a point when colonies can make good use of any supply. Its risk is late frost: as one of the earliest-flowering fruit crops, it has repeatedly suffered complete crop failures in recent years. In sheltered, warm locations it is a valuable early starter.
Sources (4)
- Bienenweidekatalog Baden-Württemberg, Ministerium für Ernährung, Ländlichen Raum und Verbraucherschutz mit Universität Hohenheim
- Trachtpflanzen-Katalog Bienenroute: Aprikose
- Bienenweidepflanzen für den Hausgarten, Bayerische Landesanstalt für Weinbau und Gartenbau (LWG) Veitshöchheim
- Aprikosen und Pfirsiche im Hausgarten, LWG Veitshöchheim