nectar sources for honey bees

It is a plant of dry hillsides and is often found in those portions of the low hill country where clover is scarce and … The following is not a complete listing of all the plants on which you may observe honey bees foraging for nectar or pollen. Bees are looking for pollen to make into bee bread to feed their developing brood. The plants listed below grow in USDA hardiness zone 5. Bees compete with birds for the copious quantities of nectar from kowhai from August to October, depending on locality. 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