Early flowering season of the willow is good for the bees

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From March, the sallow-willow bees attract with their sweet blossoms bees

Early flowering season of the willow is good for the bees

In March and April you can admire them everywhere: the silvery shimmering, fluffy willow blossoms, also called pussy willow. The leaves are not yet visible at this time. When the kitties have faded, the sallow willow is cut.

Earlier article Salweide multiply by Steckhölzer

With its early flowering, which lures with the pleasant smell of honey, the willow tree offers the bees and butterflies a valuable source of food. The flowers appear in March, long before the first leaves are visible. The Salweide bears either only male or only female flowers, which differ slightly from each other at the beginning:

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For many varieties of sallow-grass, almost only male specimens are used because of the more attractive kittens.