🌿 Plants for Bees

Black Locust

Robinia pseudoacacia

Nectar: high · Pollen: medium

May–Jun · Zones 3-8 · native

Black Mangrove

Avicennia germinans

Nectar: high · Pollen: medium

May–Sep · Zones 10-11 · native

Black Medic

Medicago lupulina

Nectar: low · Pollen: low

Apr–Aug · naturalized

Black Mustard

Brassica nigra

Nectar: low · Pollen: low

Jun–Aug · naturalized

Black Raspberry

Rubus occidentalis

Nectar: high · Pollen: high

May–Jun · Zones 4-8 · native

Black Sage

Salvia mellifera

Nectar: high · Pollen: high

Mar–Jul · Zones 8-10 · native

Black Willow

Salix nigra

Nectar: medium · Pollen: high

Mar–May · Zones 2-8 · native

Blackwood

Acacia melanoxylon

Nectar: low · Pollen: low

Feb–Apr · introduced

Blazing Star

Liatris spicata

Nectar: high · Pollen: medium

Jul–Sep · Zones 3-8 · native

Bleeding Heart

Dicentra spectabilis

Nectar: medium · Pollen: low

Apr–Jun · introduced

Bloodroot

Sanguinaria canadensis

Nectar: low · Pollen: medium

Mar–May · Zones 3-9 · native

Blue bearded iris

Iris × germanica

Nectar: low · Pollen: medium

May–Jun · Zones 3-10

Blueberry

Vaccinium ovalifolium

Nectar: medium · Pollen: high

May–Jun · Zones 4-8 · native

Blue Blossom Ceanothus

Ceanothus thyrsiflorus

Nectar: high · Pollen: high

Mar–Jun · native

Bluebonnet

Lupinus texensis

Nectar: high · Pollen: high

Mar–May · Zones 6-8 · native

Blue Camas

Camassia quamash

Nectar: medium · Pollen: medium

Apr–Jun · native

Blue Dicks

Dichelostemma capitatum

Nectar: medium · Pollen: medium

Mar–May · native

Blue Elderberry

Sambucus nigra subsp. caerulea

Nectar: high · Pollen: high

May–Jul · Zones 4-10 · native

Blue Flax

Linum lewisii

Nectar: high · Pollen: medium

May–Aug · native

Blue Gilia

Gilia capitata

Nectar: high · Pollen: medium

Apr–Aug · Zones 6-10 · native