I shoot a picture of an Apis Cerana a local honeybee carrying a basket of pollen on a hummingbird tree commonly called "Katuray" with a scientific name Sesbania grandiflora this afternoon, my father got a seed from Pangasinan and planted it here in our vacant lot, it is a fast-growing tree, leaves are regular and rounded and the flowers are white or red in color according to its species. The fruits look like flat, long and thin green beans. The tree thrives under full exposure to sunshine and is extremely frost sensitive, the bees love to forage in it's flowers and is a good source of pollen which was a protein source for the bees, it grows where there is good soil and hot humid temperature and is a tropical plant. I also saw Apis Mellifera foraging in this tree, Apis Mellifera were the bees that I keep. The flowers of S. grandiflora are eaten as a vegetable commonly in Southeast Asia, the green pods are eaten by humans and livestock. The young leaves are 36% crude protein, also eaten by man and livestock, and reportedly increase the milk production of cattle. The leaves are made into leaf meal for feeds. Fresh flowers are used in cooking stews and in salads.
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Dilan's Apiary
Address: Kagudoy Road, Basak, Lapu-Lapu City Archives
June 2022
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