White Willow
Salix alba
- Flowering period
- April–May
- Nectar
- gut
- Pollen
- gut
The White Willow flowers in April and May, so a little later than the goat and grey willow, and provides plentiful nectar and pollen. It is one of the important spring flows because it offers both at once, exactly when the brood nest is growing. It often stands in large numbers by watercourses and in floodplain forests. Like all willows, it is dioecious, so only the male trees provide pollen.
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
- Silber-Weide, Pflanzensteckbrief bei Die Honigmacher (Deutscher Imkerbund)
- Bienenweiden, Hortipendium
- Filipiak, Walczyńska, Denisow, Petanidou, Ziółkowska (2022): Phenology and production of pollen, nectar and sugar in 1612 plant species from various environments