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Map: Forage Plants for Honey Bees Posted: 17 Feb 2009 04:08 AM PST HoneyBeeNet is one of the more surprising finds on the NASA website. There you’ll find a Honey Bee Forage Map showing the 14 regions of the Ayers and Harman honey bee forage map, “based on natural patterns of land use and flora.” Click on the map to see a list of honey bee forage species and their blooming periods for any region within a state. Although the text says “state” on all pages (e.g. “state of NB” for New Brunswick’s listing), this resource really does give plant information for our provinces — forage plant species and blooming periods. Honey Bee Forage Species: New Brunswick Nova Scotia Prince Edward Island The large pink area of the map that covers the northern boreal region of Canada has no species listed at present, but clicking on other areas of the map will take you to a list of honey bee forage plants for that area. The most important nectar sources for honey bees are highlighted. Here in the Maritimes, however, where the bee season is rather short, the earlier blooming species (such as maple, alder, dandelion, and willow) are important as sources of pollen as well as nectar. Pollen sources are needed for brood production to help the bee colonies build back up to strength after wintering over. [Thanks to Bob Seaman for suggesting this link.] Post from: Central Beekeepers Alliance

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