Smart Planting for Healthy Bees
The New Zealand Trees for Bees Research Trust is a New Zealand based not for profit organisation focused on keeping our pollinators happy and healthy. Bees are under threat worldwide, and are a crucial part of our ecosystem and are vital for plant life.
Flower of Shantung maple (Acer truncatum )
Now available: The Bee Plant Finder Tool
The Bee Plant Finder Tool is a LUCID 3 interactive key that allows you to search for good bee forage plants that will supply nectar and pollen to bees in New Zealand.
This tool is designed to assist you to create lists of bee forage plants to meet your planting needs:
222 bee forage plant species and varieties that bees love for pollen and/or nectar
14 features (attributes) of the plants with 48 states (categories)
Three types of features
Site conditions and plant tolerances – e.g., soil moisture; sun/shade
Plant features – e.g., native/exotic; tree/shrub; flowering times etc.
Bee-related features – e.g., attractiveness to bees; surplus honey/nectar etc.
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