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Re: Trees for bees
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Robert Barnett <[log in to unmask]>
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Fri, 17 Jun 2005 00:21:25 -0500
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On Jun 16, 2005, at 6:00 PM, Lannie D. Ballard wrote:

> Is the Catalpa Tree (Indian Bean Tree)

This tree grows in south central Alabama's black belt soil, and bees
work it, both flowers and foliage nectaries,  which I believe  (not
know!) that they collect both nectar and pollen; howver i have never
seen them in sufficient numbers at one location to make much difference.


> and the Paradise Tree any good for
> honey bees pollen, nectar?

Looking up the Paradise tree (which I had never heard of) on the
internet, this site was interesting to me; another mentioned that
butterflies work it, but its growth is apparently limited to Zone 9
in Florida.

  The  URL            http://davesgarden.com/forums/t/470816/

Robert Barnett
Birmingham, Ala

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