Winter Aconite
Eranthis hyemalis
- Flowering period
- February–March
- Nectar
- mäßig
- Pollen
- gut
Winter Aconite flowers in February and March, often still in snow, opening its yellow flowers even at just a few degrees above freezing. The nectar value is moderate, the pollen value good, so it is above all an early protein source for the first brood build-up. It grows under woody plants, in parks and lawns on fresh, nutrient- and base-rich, humus-rich loam soils. In larger stands it is densely worked by bees on sunny winter days.
Sources (4)
- Trachtpflanzen-Katalog Bienenroute: Winterling
- 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