Desert Ash blooms as winter bee food?

Attention beekeepers! I thought you might be interested in my observation that the Desert Ash tree blooms in late autumn to early winter, here, Down Under; and it attracts lots and lots of bees when there would seem to be not too much other bee food around. Flowers appearing in winter when the (deciduous) tree is bare is a bit of an unusual sight–like spring-in-reverse; sort of.

Handy to know, I suppose, if you are an apiarist–or a bee! Apparently these trees, introduced originally from Native to Western Mediterranean and Portugal, are now considered weeds that invade “riparian systems, lowland grassland and grassy woodland”.

Fraxinus angustifolia subsp. angustifolia

Alternative Name: Formerly known botanically as Fraxinus oxycarpa.

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