What's flowering for honey bees near Bozeman, MT (Northern Rocky Mountain Front / Gallatin Valley, MT), month by month — 35 local nectar and pollen sources.
Open the interactive, printable calendar →| Plant | Scientific name | Category | Bloom months | Forage value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Willow (various spp.) | Salix spp. | Trees | AprâMay | high |
| Quaking Aspen | Populus tremuloides | Trees | AprâMay | medium |
| Black Cottonwood | Populus trichocarpa | Trees | Apr | low |
| Green Ash | Fraxinus pennsylvanica | Trees | AprâMay | low |
| Dandelion | Taraxacum officinale | Wildflowers & Weeds | AprâJun | high |
| Rocky Mountain Maple | Acer glabrum | Trees | May | medium |
| Chokecherry | Prunus virginiana | Trees | MayâJun | high |
| Apple/Crabapple | Malus domestica / M. spp. | Trees | May | medium |
| Wild Plum | Prunus americana | Trees | May | medium |
| Golden Currant | Ribes aureum | Shrubs & Vines | May | medium |
| Serviceberry | Amelanchier alnifolia | Shrubs & Vines | MayâJun | high |
| Antelope Bitterbrush | Purshia tridentata | Shrubs & Vines | MayâJun | medium |
| Arrowleaf Balsamroot | Balsamorhiza sagittata | Wildflowers & Weeds | MayâJun | medium |
| Wood's Rose | Rosa woodsii | Shrubs & Vines | JunâJul | medium |
| Common Snowberry | Symphoricarpos albus | Shrubs & Vines | JunâJul | medium |
| Red-osier Dogwood | Cornus sericea | Shrubs & Vines | Jun | low |
| White Clover | Trifolium repens | Clover & Legumes | JunâAug | high |
| Alsike Clover | Trifolium hybridum | Clover & Legumes | JunâAug | high |
| Red Clover | Trifolium pratense | Clover & Legumes | JunâAug | medium |
| Alfalfa | Medicago sativa | Clover & Legumes | JunâAug | high |
| Sainfoin | Onobrychis viciifolia | Clover & Legumes | JunâJul | medium |
| American Vetch | Vicia americana | Clover & Legumes | JunâJul | low |
| Sweetclover (Yellow & White) | Melilotus officinalis / M. albus | Clover & Legumes | JunâAug | high |
| Lupine | Lupinus sericeus | Wildflowers & Weeds | JunâJul | low |
| Canada Thistle | Cirsium arvense | Wildflowers & Weeds | JunâAug | high |
| Common Yarrow | Achillea millefolium | Wildflowers & Weeds | JunâAug | low |
| Sulphur Buckwheat | Eriogonum umbellatum | Wildflowers & Weeds | JunâAug | medium |
| Showy Milkweed | Asclepias speciosa | Wildflowers & Weeds | JunâJul | medium |
| Fireweed | Chamerion angustifolium | Wildflowers & Weeds | JulâAug | high |
| Curlycup Gumweed | Grindelia squarrosa | Wildflowers & Weeds | JulâSep | medium |
| Sunflower (Common) | Helianthus annuus | Wildflowers & Weeds | JulâSep | medium |
| Knapweed (Spotted) | Centaurea stoebe | Wildflowers & Weeds | JulâSep | high |
| Rubber Rabbitbrush | Ericameria nauseosa | Shrubs & Vines | AugâSep | high |
| Canada Goldenrod | Solidago canadensis | Wildflowers & Weeds | AugâSep | high |
| Smooth Aster | Symphyotrichum laeve | Wildflowers & Weeds | AugâSep | high |