List Best Flowers For Bees

[BagziK]

Honey plants are of great importance in beekeeping. They can significantly contribute to stronger bee colonies and more economical beekeeping.

[BagziK]

I will be the first to list some of the flowers that are ideal for bees. I ask everyone to get involved in this topic, honey plants are very important for our bees.

1. Phacelia ( One can collect 500-1,000 kg / ha of honey)
2. Lavender (Daily yields range up to 6 kg)
3. Sage (Sage is very resistant to long-term droughts).

[Ben Framed]

BagziK please list your location in your profile, location is reverent to some discussions and my help in the future.

Thanks,

Phillip

[BagziK]

BagziK please list your location in your profile, location is reverent to some discussions and my help in the future.

Thanks,

Phillip

Hi Phillip, Of course, I added the location. I am from Bosnia and Herzegovina, it is a country in Europe. I don't know if you've ever heard for this country? It is a small country where beekeeping is very developed.

[Ben Framed]

BagziK please list your location in your profile, location is reverent to some discussions and my help in the future.

Thanks,

Phillip

Hi Phillip, Of course, I added the location. I am from Bosnia and Herzegovina, it is a country in Europe. I don't know if you've ever heard for this country? It is a small country where beekeeping is very developed.

Thanks you BagziK for updating your profile location. As you probably know, we have members from all over Europe and all over the World.  Thank you for joining us here at Beemaster!

Here in my State of Mississippi we have a vast amount of nectar and pollen producing plants. I once had a chart of top producing plants here which featured a time frame of the blooming periods of each. I will try to find it for you....

Phillip

[The15thMember]

I am from Bosnia and Herzegovina, it is a country in Europe. I don't know if you've ever heard for this country? It is a small country where beekeeping is very developed.

Welcome to Beemaster, BagziK!    I only know about Bosnia and Herzegovina from watching the Olympic Games and seeing athletes from your country.  It will be interesting to hear about beekeeping where you live! 

[TheHoneyPump]

There is a useful book as reference:   The Hive and The Honeybee (THTH). In the newer editions of THTH, there are whole chapters and data tables describing the many plants and trees that the honeybees visit.  In the tables are indicators of whether each plant yields pollen or nectar, what season the plant yields, and how much.
Different plants also have different medicinal or therapeutic properties to the beehive. Just as in people.  Those properties are not covered in THTH.
While the tables mainly cover the americas, many many of the plants listed are also well distributed through Europe. 
Hope that helps!

[BagziK]

BagziK please list your location in your profile, location is reverent to some discussions and my help in the future.

Thanks,

Phillip

Hi Phillip, Of course, I added the location. I am from Bosnia and Herzegovina, it is a country in Europe. I don't know if you've ever heard for this country? It is a small country where beekeeping is very developed.

Thanks you BagziK for updating your profile location. As you probably know, we have members from all over Europe and all over the World.  Thank you for joining us here at Beemaster!

Here in my State of Mississippi we have a vast amount of nectar and pollen producing plants. I once had a chart of top producing plants here which featured a time frame of the blooming periods of each. I will try to find it for you....

Phillip

Thanks a lot for the welcome! Yes, I saw that there are a lot of people from Europe. It would be great if you could find that chart, I believe most of these plants from chart can be grown in my state.

I do a lot of research on honey plants and I plant a lot of them, 5 years ago I planted a plantation of 450 hazelnut seedlings that produces large amounts of pollen. During this period, hazelnut begins to bloom and bees often visit it.

I almost did some research and wrote one article on my blog 20 Best Flowers For Bees: https://lifewithbees.com/20-best-flowers-for-bees-butterflies-and-other/, and these plants can be grown in many locations.

I have a great love for bees, so I started writing a blog about them.

[BagziK]

I am from Bosnia and Herzegovina, it is a country in Europe. I don't know if you've ever heard for this country? It is a small country where beekeeping is very developed.

Welcome to Beemaster, BagziK!    I only know about Bosnia and Herzegovina from watching the Olympic Games and seeing athletes from your country.  It will be interesting to hear about beekeeping where you live!

Thanks a lot for the welcome!

Yes, Olympic Games are the most beautiful side of my country, but it is also known for the genocide that was committed in my country in 1995 Srebrenica , unfortunately.

Yes I will write a lot about beekeeping in my country. We have a large number of associations. There are many beekeepers, we produce large quantities of quality honey.

[BagziK]

There is a useful book as reference:   The Hive and The Honeybee (THTH). In the newer editions of THTH, there are whole chapters and data tables describing the many plants and trees that the honeybees visit.  In the tables are indicators of whether each plant yields pollen or nectar, what season the plant yields, and how much.
Different plants also have different medicinal or therapeutic properties to the beehive. Just as in people.  Those properties are not covered in THTH.
While the tables mainly cover the americas, many many of the plants listed are also well distributed through Europe. 
Hope that helps!

Could you send me a link for it book, I found a lot with that title so I'm not sure which one it is.

Do you mean this: https://www.amazon.com/Hive-Honey-Bee-Lorenzo-Langstroth/dp/1908904526

[Jim134]

   Trees and bushes produce more nectar.. Then any ground crop per acre..   Bee Bee tree..    Produces nectar  when many other things do not...  Which happens about August where I live. This tree can grow in many parts of North America.. Including New England.. You are going to have to Google Bee Bee tree..
 To find the Latin name of this tree.. I know this week and grow from Maine to Florida..  I know if you do a search on.Beemaster
you will find this tree..


                     BEE HAPPY  Jim134   

[Bob Wilson]

Jim. An arborist and beekeeper named Mike Connor gave a very convincing talk about trees providing the main source of nectar for bees.
https://youtu.be/uI-i-aj34Vc
I plan on planting Linden trees (basswood), tree form American holly, Chaste tree (vitex), and sourwood.
As soon as I buy a house with some acreage.
Bagzik. I also look forward to your postings. Welcome to the forum.

[BagziK]

   Trees and bushes produce more nectar.. Then any ground crop per acre..   Bee Bee tree..    Produces nectar  when many other things do not...  Which happens about August where I live. This tree can grow in many parts of North America.. Including New England.. You are going to have to Google Bee Bee tree..
 To find the Latin name of this tree.. I know this week and grow from Maine to Florida..  I know if you do a search on.Beemaster
you will find this tree..


                     BEE HAPPY  Jim134   

As I could find on google it is Tetradium daniellii or Evodia, can you check please, is it the same tree as yours? I also have Evodia that gives large amounts of nectar (bees visit flowers even when they fall from a tree)

[The15thMember]

Could you send me a link for it book, I found a lot with that title so I'm not sure which one it is.

Do you mean this: https://www.amazon.com/Hive-Honey-Bee-Lorenzo-Langstroth/dp/1908904526

The Hive and the Honey Bee was first released in 1853, but Dadant and Sons re-edits and rereleases a new edition of it every couple of years, which is why you are seeing so many editions of the book. 

[TheHoneyPump]

The current, latest edition, is 2015.  You may find it at multiple online sources.  You may even find it in your local public libraries.
https://www.dadant.com/catalog/books-subscriptions/books/beekeeping/m00010-hive-and-the-honeybee-new-edition

Regarding the forage plant tables I mentioned. You may be able to find excerpts of only those sections online. The information is in around pages 350 thru 450. Below are snapshots of a few pages I had scanned awhile ago. These are random pages shown for just as examples. Unfortunately the file size limitations of this site prevent uploading clearer resolutions. The extent and quality of content in all sections of this book are well worth the fair price that it is available at. It is an essential, perhaps even mandatory, reference that has to be on every serious beekeeper`s desk.

Hope that helps!

[BagziK]

Could you send me a link for it book, I found a lot with that title so I'm not sure which one it is.

Do you mean this: https://www.amazon.com/Hive-Honey-Bee-Lorenzo-Langstroth/dp/1908904526

The Hive and the Honey Bee was first released in 1853, but Dadant and Sons re-edits and rereleases a new edition of it every couple of years, which is why you are seeing so many editions of the book.

Thank you very much,

[BagziK]

The current, latest edition, is 2015.  You may find it at multiple online sources.  You may even find it in your local public libraries.
https://www.dadant.com/catalog/books-subscriptions/books/beekeeping/m00010-hive-and-the-honeybee-new-edition

Regarding the forage plant tables I mentioned. You may be able to find excerpts of only those sections online. The information is in around pages 350 thru 450. Below are snapshots of a few pages I had scanned awhile ago. These are random pages shown for just as examples. Unfortunately the file size limitations of this site prevent uploading clearer resolutions. The extent and quality of content in all sections of this book are well worth the fair price that it is available at. It is an essential, perhaps even mandatory, reference that has to be on every serious beekeeper`s desk.

Hope that helps!

Yes, This will be helpful.

[BagziK]

Sunflowers - Without any prior knowledge, it can be said that sunflower is one of the best flowers for bees. Sunflower is the most important oil plant and one of the most important honey plants.

In the literature, it is most often mentioned that sunflower produces 40 kg of nectar and 80 kg of pollen per hectare. This amount depends on the grazing conditions. Collected honey can range from 10-15 kg / ha in bad conditions, to 50-80 kg / ha in good ones. Some sources state that sunflower can produce as much as 250 kg / ha of honey.

[Bob Wilson]

This honeybee favorite flower, Gianticus Enormousosa, grows only in a certain spot in Seattle, Washington. I know it is bloom now, because I took this picture of it yesterday.

[Michael Bush]

I have seen bees on sunflowers, but not if anything better was blooming.  I always assumed they were just there for the pollen when other sources were not available.