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===Trees and shrubs β Spring=== {| class="wikitable sortable" |- !Common name !Latin name !Blooming months !Pollen color !Availability !Source for honeybees |- |[[Maple]] |''Acer'' spp. |Feb β Apr |style="background: #FF9;"| light yellow |feral |fair |- |[[Manitoba Maple]] (Box elder) |''Acer negundo'' |Feb β Apr |style="background:#D1E231"|light olive |feral |good |- |[[Norway maple]] |''Acer platanoides'' |Apr β May |style="background:olive"|yellow green, olive |feral |fair |- |[[Red Maple]] |''Acer rubrum'' |Mar β Apr |style="background:#C3B091"|grey brown |feral | |- |[[Alder|Grey Alder]] |''Alnus incana'' |Feb β Apr |style="background:#FFBA00"|brownish yellow |feral | |- |[[American Chestnut]] |''Castanea dentata'' |May β Jun | |mostly ornamental | |- |[[Sweet Chestnut]] |''Castanea sativa'' |May | |feral |good |- |[[Celtis|Common Hackberry]] |''Celtis occidentalis'' |Apr β May | |feral | |- |[[Quince|Flowering Quince]] |''Chaenomeles japonica'', ''Chaenomeles lagenaria'', ''Chaenomeles speciosa 'Nivalis''', ''Chaenomeles x superba'' |Apr β May | |feral |good |- |[[Hazel|American Hazel]] |''Corylus americana'' |Mar β Apr |style="background:#ADFF2F"|light green |feral and ornamental |fair/good |- |[[Crataegus|Hawthorn]] |''Crataegus'' spp. |Apr β May | style="background:gold;"|yellow brown |feral |fair |- |[[Fraxinus americana|White Ash]] |''Fraxinus americana'' |Apr β May | | |- |[[Honey locust|Honey Locust]] |''Gleditsia triancanthos'' |May β Jun | |feral | |- |[[American holly]] |''Ilex opaca'' |Apr β Jun | |feral | |- |[[Walnut]] |''Juglans'' spp. |Apr β May | |cultivated |fair |- |[[Liriodendron|Tulip-tree]] |''Lirodendron tulipifera'' |May β Jun |style="background:#FFF2CC"|cream |feral and ornamental |good |- |[[Crab Apple]] |''Malus'' spp. |Mar β Jun |style="background:#D1E231"|light olive |ornamental | |- |[[Apple]] |''Malus domestica, Malus sylvestris'' |Apr β May |style="background: #FF6;"|yellow white |cultivated and ornamental |very good |- |[[Platanus|American Sycamore]] |''Platanus occidentalis'' |Apr β May |style="background:#D1E231"|light olive |feral | |- |[[Prunus|Plum]] |''Prunus'' spp. |Apr β May | style="background:silver;"|light grey, grey |ornamental and cultivated | |- |[[Almond]] |''Prunus amygdalus'' |Feb |style="background:#F0DC82"|light brown to brown pollen β not considered a good pollen source but bees are the primary pollinator |cultivated mostly in California |fair |- |[[Prunus avium|Wild Cherry]] |''Prunus avium'' |Apr β May |style="background:#F0DC82"|yellow brown, light brown |feral |very good |- |[[Prunus cerasifera|Cherry Plum]] |''Prunus cerasifera'' | |style="background:#DAA520"|light brown to brown |feral |fair |- |[[Prunus cerasus|Sour Cherry]] |''Prunus cerasus'' |Apr β May |style="background:#FCC200"|dark yellow |ornamental and cultivated |very good |- |[[Peach]] |''Prunus persica'' |Apr β May |style="background:#FFBF00"|reddish yellow |ornamental and cultivated |good |- |[[Prunus|Black Cherry]] |''Prunus serotina'' |Apr β May | |feral |minor |- |[[Blackthorn]] |''Prunus spinosa'' |Mar β May |style="background:#A03128"|firebrick |feral |good |- |[[Pear]] |''Pyrus communis'' |Apr β May |style="background:#FF8C00"|red yellow |ornamental and cultivated |good |- |[[Oak]] |''Quercus'' spp. |May | |feral | |- |[[Oak]] |''Quercus robur'', ''Quercus pedunculata'' |May |style="background:#D1E231"|light olive |feral |minor |- |[[Black locust|Black Locust]] |''Robinia pseudoacacia'' |May β Jun | |feral | |- |[[Blackberry]] |''Rubus'' spp. |May β Jun |style="background:#D3D3D3"|light grey |feral and cultivated | |- |[[Raspberry]] |''Rubus idaeus'' |May β Jun |style="background: #DCDCDC"|white grey |feral and cultivated |good |- |[[Willow]] |''Salix'' spp. |Feb β Apr |style="background:#FDE910"|lemon |feral |good |- |[[White Willow]] |''Salix alba'' | | |feral |good |- |[[Goat Willow]] |''Salix caprea'' |Mar β Apr | |feral |very good |- |[[Willow|Violet Willow]] |''Salix daphnoides'' |Mar β Apr | |feral |very good |- |[[Willow|Pussy Willow]] |''Salix discolor'' |Mar β Apr | |feral and ornamental | |- |[[Willow|Basket Willow]] |''Salix purpurea'' |Mar β Apr | |feral |very good |- |[[Willow|Silky leaf osier, Smith's Willow]] |''Salix x smithiana'' |Apr β May | | |very good |- |[[Sorbus americana|American mountain ash]] |''Sorbus americana'' |May-Jun | |feral | |- |[[Elm|American Elm]] |''Ulmus americana'' |Feb β Apr |style="background:#D3D3D3"|light grey |feral | |- |Winged Elm |''Ulmus alata'' |Feb β Mar |style="background:#FBEC5D"|pale yellow |feral |good |- |[[Elm|European field elm]] |''Ulmus minor'' | | |feral |good |} ====Gallery==== <gallery widths="180px" heights="120px"> File:Ucan-ari1.jpg|Flying [[honeybee]] with red pollen in [[pollen basket]], likely on henbit File:blue2.JPG|Bees in April with blue [[Siberian squill]] pollen in [[pollen basket]] File:may red chestnut2.JPG|Honeybees in May with red (likely [[Horse chestnut]]) pollen in [[pollen basket]] File:Bee on dandelion.JPG|[[Dandelion]] pollen </gallery> {{Clear}}
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