Chicory
Cichorium intybus
- Flowering period
- July–September
- Nectar
- gut
- Pollen
- mittel
Chicory flowers from July to September but opens its pale blue heads only in the morning, closing them again by midday. A good nectar value and a medium to good pollen value make it a useful midsummer flow. It grows on fresh to moderately dry, nitrogen-rich loam soils along roadsides, embankments and fallow ground. For practice the short opening time means foraging is concentrated in the morning hours.
Sources (5)
- Trachtpflanzen-Katalog Bienenroute: Gewöhnliche Wegwarte
- 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
- Bienenweiden, Hortipendium
- Filipiak, Walczyńska, Denisow, Petanidou, Ziółkowska (2022): Phenology and production of pollen, nectar and sugar in 1612 plant species from various environments