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Mount Tabor Oak - Quercus ithaburensis in full bloom, attracting many bees<br /> Aloney Kadima preserve<br /> <br /> close up on the blossoms:<br /> <figure class="photo"><a href="https://www.jungledragon.com/image/75586/quercus_ithaburensis_-_flowers_and_bees.html" title="Quercus ithaburensis - flowers and bees"><img src="https://s3.amazonaws.com/media.jungledragon.com/images/3519/75586_thumb.JPG?AWSAccessKeyId=05GMT0V3GWVNE7GGM1R2&Expires=1759968010&Signature=dsh1gIJlwwYfNGzcnswLSdI2Q8o%3D" width="114" height="152" alt="Quercus ithaburensis - flowers and bees Aloney Kadima preserve<br /> <br /> the full tree:<br /> https://www.jungledragon.com/image/75587/mount_tabor_oak_-_quercus_ithaburensis.html Geotagged,Israel,Quercus ithaburensis,Winter,ithaburensis" /></a></figure> Geotagged,Israel,Quercus ithaburensis,Winter,ithaburensis Click/tap to enlarge Species introCountry intro

Mount Tabor Oak - Quercus ithaburensis

in full bloom, attracting many bees
Aloney Kadima preserve

close up on the blossoms:

Quercus ithaburensis - flowers and bees Aloney Kadima preserve<br /> <br /> the full tree:<br /> https://www.jungledragon.com/image/75587/mount_tabor_oak_-_quercus_ithaburensis.html Geotagged,Israel,Quercus ithaburensis,Winter,ithaburensis

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    Gary B
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    I wonder if the bees are attracted to the honeydew of scale insects and not just the oak's pollen. I've read about a rare honey made from the honeydew of these insects. Posted 6 years ago
    1. View Yael Orgad's profile
      Yael Orgad
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      very interesting! I didn't know that. Posted 6 years ago
      1. View Gary B's profile
        Gary B
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        I think it was in a book on honeybees called Sweetness and Light or some other one I had read on the history of beekeeping. I'll try to find that book. Posted 6 years ago

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The Valonia Oak

''Quercus ithaburensis'', the Mount Tabor oak, is a tree in the beech family. It is found in Southeastern Europe, from southeastern Italy, southern Albania and Greece, and in southwestern Asia from Turkey south through Lebanon, Israel, Syria, and neighboring Jordan, whose national tree it is.

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Similar species: Beeches, Oaks, Walnuts
Species identified by Yael Orgad
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By Yael Orgad

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Uploaded Mar 5, 2019. Captured Mar 5, 2019 11:30 in Derekh ha-Ya'ar 2, Kadima Tzoran, Israel.
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  • COOLPIX B700
  • f/3.6
  • 10/6400s
  • ISO100
  • 5.9mm
Captured in the winter. More winter photos.