Here are a number of sources to help with planning or establishing plantings to support honey bees.

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• Trees on Farms guides - covers a range of aspects of selection, establishment and care of trees on farms, focuses on the Waikato. This is split into two pdfs to view - section one and section two.

• Shelter belt design

• Shelter Belt Establishment & Maintenance 

• NZ Honey producing flowers, definitive list of plants that are important to bees

• Trees for bees - regional guides on trees you can plant that will provide pollen and nectar for bees​

• Bee Plant Flowering Times in New Zealand - a list based on selected plants visited by honey bees from Landcare Trees for Bees research

• Protein content in pollen from bee plants in New Zealand - results from the Trees for Bees Trust

• Riparian planting guide - how to incorporate bee forage into riparian & farm planting from the Trees for Bees Trust

• Growing Native Plants in Nelson - covers a range of native plant lists for different ecosystems. These lists are relevant to other parts of New Zealand 

• New Zealand Native Plants for Erosion Control - provides a list of native trees, shrubs and grasses to plant in an eroding area

• Winning with Willow Trees

• Manuka Planting, Field-day article from Bill Savage's Gisborne project

• Animal pest control - this guide outlines ways to manage and repel animals 

• Fruit Tree List 2022