Common Sage
Salvia officinalis
- Flowering period
- May–July
- Nectar
- gut
- Pollen
- gering
Common Sage flowers from May to July and provides good nectar but only little pollen. The flower has a hinge mechanism that presses the stamen onto the visitor's back as it flies in. It needs sunny, dry, calcareous sites and is found as a kitchen herb in almost every garden. For the apiary it is a good early-summer addition, as long as it is not cut back completely before flowering.
Sources (5)
- Trachtpflanzen-Katalog Bienenroute: Echter Salbei
- Bienenweidepflanzen für den Hausgarten, Bayerische Landesanstalt für Weinbau und Gartenbau (LWG) Veitshöchheim
- Bienenweiden, Hortipendium
- Filipiak, Walczyńska, Denisow, Petanidou, Ziółkowska (2022): Phenology and production of pollen, nectar and sugar in 1612 plant species from various environments
- Tew, Baldock, Morten, Bird, Vaughan, Memmott (2023): A dataset of nectar sugar production for flowering plants found in urban greenspaces