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 asHDRA encyclopedia of organic gardening by Pauline Spears: 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