winter aconite – Keeping Backyard Bees https://www.keepingbackyardbees.com Fri, 10 Jan 2020 16:22:09 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.5 https://i2.wp.com/www.keepingbackyardbees.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/favicon.png?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 winter aconite – Keeping Backyard Bees https://www.keepingbackyardbees.com 32 32 Winter Aconite — The Early Spring Bee Flower https://www.keepingbackyardbees.com/winter-aconite-early-spring-bee-flower-zbwz1901zsau/ https://www.keepingbackyardbees.com/winter-aconite-early-spring-bee-flower-zbwz1901zsau/#comments Sun, 27 Jan 2019 15:09:36 +0000 https://www.keepingbackyardbees.com/?p=4247 Sunny yellow blooms fringed with a green ruff green poking through snow is my first sign that spring has sprung. Eranthis hyamalis, in the buttercup family, is a spring ephemeral, which means that it is a short-lived plant above ground with a burst of blooms, and disappears, remaining under ground until next winter. Beaming a […]

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]]> https://www.keepingbackyardbees.com/winter-aconite-early-spring-bee-flower-zbwz1901zsau/feed/ 2 Early Spring Nectar and Pollen Sources For Bees https://www.keepingbackyardbees.com/early-spring-nectar-and-pollen-sources-for-bees/ https://www.keepingbackyardbees.com/early-spring-nectar-and-pollen-sources-for-bees/#comments Sun, 12 Feb 2017 00:48:00 +0000 http://backyardbees.wpengine.com/?p=3202 Here in the mid-Atlantic in Maryland, we have had a mild winter with at least a dozen days since early December above 50 degrees. That means flying bees looking for early spring/late winter nectar and pollen in the landscape… and they are coming up short. Unless you plan ahead and plant perennials and trees that […]

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