Iceland Poppies, Papaver nudicaule, the most popular of poppies, will transform your winter landscape into a breathtakingly attractive honey bee heaven!
Poppies are a super source of pollen for our honey bees, where they dust themselves by rolling between the stamens in delight! Plant them from April in Autumn temperatures – the bees love ’em. And they flower just when bees need a winter nibble.
Planted early in the season – they provide blooms that will keep appearing right through to late spring.
ICELAND POPPY BEE PLANT VALUE N0 P2-3
Saving our bees is not just about making less toxic environments for them, but too about focusing on what we feed them. Like us, they need a balanced diet. Pollen and nectar from a diverse choice of flowers; protein from pollen, and carbohydrates, sugars, from nectar. Bee-effective and plant Good Bee Food, for you and your honey bees.
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Ref: sanbi.org / Beeplants of South Africa, M.F. Johannsmeier