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sanders36051
02-21-2008, 06:35 PM
Are Mimosa trees usful to bees?
Ronnie Elliott
02-21-2008, 09:28 PM
My bees love to work these trees in the mornings. they get lots of pollen, but not much nectar, as I understand it.
Bizzybee
02-21-2008, 09:56 PM
There are loads of them around me here and I do see a few on them. But nothing worth noting.
With all the scent they put off you would think they would be loaded. Maybe they are and the bees can't reach it? I really haven't taken the time to check them out that close or read up on them.
WVbeekeeper
02-21-2008, 10:26 PM
They call them "butterfly trees" around here. I've never seen a bee on the bloom.
bumbles and butterflies, but I have seen honey bees on them at times, mostly after everything else has stopped here.
Ronnie Elliott
02-22-2008, 07:55 AM
The bees here work them in June, when the flow is over.