I am new to the Kentucky area and I have some trees on my property edge that are blooming and the bees are all over it. Does anyone know what they are? I see bees returning back to the hive but they aren't carrying pollen so I assume they are getting nectar.
Looks like a Bee Bee Tree (My guess)
No Evodia, yes Rhus copallina (copallinum).
I think you may be right. I was thinking maybe some kind of sumac..
Most sumac here has small serrated edges on the leaves. But there is a smooth sumac.
My vote is Sumac. G
It is a smooth sumac. We have them all over and the bees love them.
I'd say it's a sumac as well. From my understanding if a sumac's bloom is white then it's poison sumac, red is otherwise.
The blooms are white/cream/green, but the drupes [berries] are red.
[The old rhyme is 'Leaves of three, let it be. Berries white, take flight.]
Thanks Robin, I'll try to remember that one since I've started reading up on herbal remedies.
I've done a bunch of stuff with sumac. Here's a blog post about some of them.
http://rurification.blogspot.com/2011/09/sumac.html
My favorite thing is to soak the drupes in water for a few hours and then make lemonade out of it. So good!