Beekeeping/Plants for Honey Bees

Honey bees have a rather short tongue; shorter than those of bumblebees and butterflies like atalantas. As such, they prefer flowers such as^[1]:

Nemesia
Melissa officinalis
Mahonia
Viburnum
Borago officinalis
Rubus spp
Erica
Rosa canina
Reseda odorata
Erysimum
Pastinaca sativa
Perovskia atriplicifolia
Rosmarinus officinalis
Iberis
Arabis
Verbascum
Vicia faba
Parthenocissus quinquefolia
Isatis tinctoria
Chamerion angustifolium
Verbena officinalis
Daucus carota

Note

It should be noted that the list of plants mentioned above may or may not be native to your area. As such, if you wish to use them, check whether they are native to your area first.

References

↑ HDRA encyclopedia of organic gardening by Pauline Spears

[1] HDRA encyclopedia of organic gardening by Pauline Spears

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