🌿 Plants for Bees

Blue Gum Eucalyptus

Eucalyptus globulus

Nectar: high · Pollen: high

Nov–Mar · Zones 8-11 · introduced

Blue Mountain Penstemon

Penstemon venustus

Nectar: low · Pollen: low

May–Aug · native

Blue Mustard

Chorispora tenella

Nectar: low · Pollen: medium

Mar–Jun · introduced

Blue oak

Quercus douglasii

Nectar: low · Pollen: medium

Mar–May · native

Blue Wild Indigo

Baptisia australis

Nectar: medium · Pollen: medium

May–Jun · Zones 3-9 · native

Bog Laurel

Kalmia polifolia

Nectar: low · Pollen: low

May–Jun · native

Bog Rosemary

Andromeda polifolia

Nectar: medium · Pollen: low

May–Jul · native

Boneset

Eupatorium perfoliatum

Nectar: medium · Pollen: low

Jul–Sep · native

Borage

Borago officinalis

Nectar: high · Pollen: medium

Jun–Sep · Zones 2-11

Border Privet

Ligustrum obtusifolium

Nectar: low · Pollen: low

Jun–Jun · invasive

Boxelder

Acer negundo

Nectar: medium · Pollen: high

Mar–May · Zones 2-9 · native

Bradford Pear

Pyrus calleryana

Nectar: low · Pollen: high

Mar–Apr · Zones 5-9 · invasive

Bramble

Rubus allegheniensis

Nectar: high · Pollen: high

May–Jun · Zones 3-8 · native

Brazilian Pepper Tree

Schinus terebinthifolia

Nectar: high · Pollen: high

Sep–Nov · Zones 9-11 · invasive

Brazoria

Brazoria carinatus

Nectar: medium · Pollen: medium

Apr–May · native

Brittlebush

Encelia farinosa

Nectar: medium · Pollen: high

Mar–May · Zones 8-11 · native

Broadleaf Lupine

Lupinus latifolius

Nectar: low · Pollen: medium

May–Jul · native

Brodiaea

Brodiaea coronaria

Nectar: low · Pollen: low

May–Jul · native

Buckwheat

Fagopyrum esculentum

Nectar: high · Pollen: medium

Jul–Sep · Zones 3-9

Bulbous Buttercup

Ranunculus bulbosus

Nectar: low · Pollen: medium

Apr–Jul · naturalized