Northern Forage
Northern Bloom Calendar (A Yukon Bee Forage Perspective)
Detailed discussion on Yukon honeydew honey here.
Bee Nutrition and Bee Gardens
Local Area Forage Survey 2017
Yukon Native Flowers and Shrubs
Prairie Crocus (Pulsatilla patens)
Alpine Milk Vetch (Astragalus alpinus)
Showy Locoweed (Oxytropis splendens)
Decumbent Goldenrod (Solidago decumbens)
Siberian Aster (Aster sibiricus)
Showy Locoweed (Oxytropis Splendens)
Slender Beardtongue (
Fireweed (Epilobium angustifolium)
Jacob's Ladder (Polemonium pulcherrimum)
Kinnikinnick (Arctostaphylos uva-ursi)
Lungwort/Bluebells (Mertensia paniculata)
Yukon Beardtongue
Slender Beardtongue meadow
Low bush cranberryies/Lingonberries Vaccinium vitis-idaea)
Eskimo Potato (Hedysarum alpinum)
Gentian
Yellow Sedum (Sedum lanceolatum)
Planted Non-Native Varieties
Catnip
Saskatoon
Rhubarb
White Sweet Clover
Arugula going to seed
White Mustard
Sainfoin
Borage
Delphinium
Phacelia Tanacetifolia
Poppies
Comfrey Flower
White Dutch Clover
Marrow / Malva
Dandelion
Chives
Mix Flower Garden
More flowering edges
Berry Shrubs (Sea Buckthorn, Haskaps, Saskatoons, Raspberries) surrounded by a variety of flowering ground covers (Clovers, Yarrow, Sainfoin, Fireweed, Mustards)
List of Reference Materials and Guides:
•North of 60 - Northern Pollinator Forage Presentation
•Yukon Wildflowers - https://yukonwildflowers.blogspot.com/
•Native Pollinator & Agriculture - http://www.ontariosoilcrop.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/Native-Pollinators-and-Agriculture-in-Canada-1.pdf
•Planting Guide - http://www.flowerscanadagrowers.com/uploads/2017/04/planting%20guide%20-%20final%20(1).pdf
•Xerces Society - https://xerces.org/pollinator-resource-center/
•Roadside Planting Guide - https://www.gardenontario.org/subdomains/conservation/resources/guide.pdf
•Xerces Society Farming for Bees - https://www.xerces.org/wp-content/uploads/2008/11/farming_for_bees_guidelines_xerces_society.pdf
•Yukon Native bee write up - https://sites.google.com/site/hutchingsbeeservice/home