The UK Beekeeper’s Forage Calendar

A vibrant UK pollinator garden in full summer bloom, featuring tall sunflowers, purple agapanthus in blue pots, and a variety of bee-friendly forage plants.

A flowering calendar is one of the most useful reference tools a new beekeeper or gardener can have, because understanding the “forage gap” (times of year when food is scarce) is critical for colony survival. Here is a chronological list of the most important native and common plants, trees, and shrubs that our bees rely on. Read more