Holly
Ilex aquifolium
- Flowering period
- May–June
- Nectar
- mittel
- Pollen
- mittel
Holly flowers in May and June with small white flowers; its nectar and pollen values are both in the medium range. It is evergreen, shade-tolerant, and grows on fresh to moderately dry, sandy or stony loam soils on woodland edges and in hedges. Because the species is dioecious, male and female plants flower separately; both can be used by the bees. Near woodland it is a solid addition to the early summer forage. British measurements give around 14,884 pollen grains per flower.
Sources (5)
- Bienenweidekatalog Baden-Württemberg, Ministerium für Ernährung, Ländlichen Raum und Verbraucherschutz mit Universität Hohenheim
- Bienenweidepflanzen für den Hausgarten, Bayerische Landesanstalt für Weinbau und Gartenbau (LWG) Veitshöchheim
- Filipiak, Walczyńska, Denisow, Petanidou, Ziółkowska (2022): Phenology and production of pollen, nectar and sugar in 1612 plant species from various environments
- Baude, Kunin, Memmott (2015): Nectar sugar values of common British plant species [AgriLand]
- Baude, Kunin, Davies, Wright, Memmott (2025): Pollen production values of common British plant species