Common name   Latin name   Blooming months   Pollen color   Availability   Source for honeybees  
Maple
Acer spp. Feb - Apr light yellow feral fair
Manitoba Maple
(Box elder)
Acer negundo Feb - Apr light olive feral good
Norway maple
Acer platanoides Apr - May yellow green, olive feral fair
Red Maple
Acer rubrum Mar - Apr grey brown feral
Grey Alder
Alnus incana Feb - Apr brownish yellow feral
American Chestnut
Castanea dentata May - Jun mostly ornamental
American Hazel Corylus americana Mar - Apr light green feral and ornamental fair/good
Sweet Chestnut
Castanea sativa May feral good
Common Hackberry Celtis occidentalis Apr - May feral
Flowering Quince Chaenomeles japonica, Chaenomeles lagenaria, Chaenomeles speciosa 'Nivalis', Chaenomeles x superba Apr - May feral good
Hawthorn
Crataegus spp. Apr - May yellow brown feral fair
White Ash
Fraxinus americana Apr - May
Honey Locust
Gleditsia triancanthos May - Jun feral
American holly
Ilex opaca Apr - Jun feral
Walnut Juglans spp. Apr - May cultivated fair
Tulip-tree Lirodendron tulipifera May - Jun feral and ornamental good
Crab Apple Malus spp. Mar - Jun light olive ornamental
Apple
Malus domestica, Malus sylvestris Apr - May yellow white cultivated and ornamental very good
American Sycamore Platanus occidentalis Apr - May light olive feral
Plum Prunus spp. Apr - May light grey, grey ornamental and cultivated
Almond Prunus amygdalus Feb light brown to brown pollen - not considered a good pollen source but bees are the primary pollinator cultivated mostly in California fair
Wild Cherry
Prunus avium Apr - May yellow brown, light brown feral very good
Cherry Plum Prunus cerasifera light brown to brown feral fair
Sour Cherry Prunus cerasus Apr - May dark yellow ornamental and cultivated very good
Peach Prunus persica Apr - May redish yellow ornamental and cultivated good
Black Cherry
Prunus serotina Apr - May feral minor
Blackthorn Prunus spinosa feral good
Pear Pyrus communis Apr - May red yellow ornamental and cultivated good
Oak Quercus spp. May feral
Oak Quercus robur, Quercus pedunculata May light olive feral minor
Black Locust Robinia pseudoacacia May - Jun feral
Blackberry Rubus spp. May - Jun light grey feral and cultivated excellant
Raspberry Rubus idaeus May - Jun feral and cultivated good
Willow
Salix spp. Feb - Apr lemon feral good
White Willow
Salix alba feral good
Goat Willow
Salix caprea Mar - Apr feral very good
Violet Willow Salix daphnoides Mar - Apr feral very good
Pussy Willow Salix discolor Mar - Apr feral and ornamental
Basket Willow
Salix purpurea Mar - Apr feral very good
Silky leaf osier, Smith's Willow
Salix x smithiana Apr - May very good
American mountain ash
Sorbus americana May-Jun feral
American Elm
Ulmus americana Feb - Apr light grey feral
Winged Elm
Ulmus alata Feb - Mar pale yellow feral good
Europea field elm Ulmus americana feral good
This pollen chart was originally by www.beesource.com
and
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pollen_source