Plants for Bees

3. Highly nectariferous plant, gives pale honey,blue star flowers
5. one of its species nectar is allegedly toxic to bees, a magnificent tree, in Latin
6. Rosebay or Hairy, great colonizers of freshly cleared ground
8. its leaves can make a salad, its roots can make a coffee, its seedheads can measure time and its flowers turn bees yellow
9. Latin name for blackberry
12. a large plant family, includes most top and stone fruit and England's favourite flower
14. the pretty part of the flower,formed by petals
15. it comes in array of colours, it is full in protein, needs to be carried in baskets
16. hedera ......, an autumn flowering climber, important source of pollen and nectar

1. common name for a plant in the mint family, known for its fracture healing properties
2. describing plants with male and female flowers on separate plants - e.g.holly and willow
4. the 'venturous harbringer of Spring' - in Latin
7. Cherry ......, its leaves bear extra floral nectaries
10. male reproductive part of the flower
11. antibacterial substance produced by bees from tree resins
13. Mainly wind pollinated inflorescence,visited by bees on hazel