Sitka Spruce

_Brian

Quick question

Are spruce plantations any hood for honey production for bees ?

Apiarist

Not useful for honey production at all. But I have seen a bee collect resin from new needles on a spruce tree, presumably to create propolis.

yosemitesam1

For the first ten years or so until they stary to close in and a few years post clear felling when they're full of briars and willowherb. But the only trees that are any use to bees are sycamore, spanish chestnut, lime, holly, apple, chestnut, blackthorn and whitethorn

blue5000

yosemitesam1 wrote: »

For the first ten years or so until they stary to close in and a few years post clear felling when they're full of briars and willowherb. But the only trees that are any use to bees are sycamore, spanish chestnut, lime, holly, apple, chestnut, blackthorn and whitethorn

What about ivy?

yosemitesam1

blue5000 wrote: »

What about ivy?

Excellent for all insects not just bees

tabby aspreme

What would attract bees to a Beech tree, loads of bees in it for the last few weeks.