Barberry
Berberis vulgaris
- Flowering period
- May–June
- Nectar
- mittel
- Pollen
- sehr gut
The Barberry flowers from May to June in bright yellow racemes and provides good nectar with a medium pollen value. As a hedge plant it also fits well into small gardens, and bumblebees in particular visit it gladly. If an insect touches the stamens, they snap toward the style in an instant and press sticky pollen onto the visitor. In grain-growing areas it was long frowned upon and was nearly wiped out in places because it is an intermediate host of wheat rust.
Sources (5)
- Bienenweidepflanzen für den Hausgarten, Bayerische Landesanstalt für Weinbau und Gartenbau (LWG) Veitshöchheim
- Bienenweidekatalog Baden-Württemberg, Ministerium für Ernährung, Ländlichen Raum und Verbraucherschutz mit Universität Hohenheim
- Trachtpflanzen-Katalog Bienenroute: Gewöhnliche Berberitze
- Berberitze, Gehölze der Kulturlandschaft, Bayerische Landesanstalt für Landwirtschaft (LfL)
- Filipiak, Walczyńska, Denisow, Petanidou, Ziółkowska (2022): Phenology and production of pollen, nectar and sugar in 1612 plant species from various environments