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Plant
type | Common name | Latin name | Begin Bloom
Month | End Bloom Month | Monofloral honey | Availability | Source
for honey
bees / pounds of honey per acre | S | Shadbush | Amelanchier
arborea | 4 | 5 | no | feral | minor | S | Red
Chokeberry | Aronia arbutifolia,
Photinia pyrifolia | 5 | 6 | no | feral | minor | S | Black
Chokeberry[3] | Aronia
melanocarpa | 5 | 6 | no | feral | minor | S | Common Hackberry | Celtis
occidentalis | 4 | 5 | no | feral | minor | S | Buttonbush
[2] | Cephalanthus occidentalis | 7 | 8 | Honey
is light in color and mild in flavor. | feral | | S | Hawthorn | Crataegus | 4 | 5 | no | feral | minor
- 50 - 100 pounds/acre | S | Honeysuckle
[2] | Diervilla
lonicera | 6 | 8 | | | minor | S | American Holly | Ilex
opaca | 4 | 6 | no | feral | minor,
important in southeastern US | S | Common
Buckthorn | Rhamnus
cathartica | 5 | 6 | no | feral | minor | S | Raspberry | Rubus | 5 | 6 | yes,
see Monofloral honey | feral,
cultivated | major
in some areas | S | Blackberry | Rubus
spp. | 5 | 6 | yes,
see Monofloral honey [2] | feral,
cultivated | major
in some areas[3] | S | Blueberry | Vaccinium corymbosum, Vaccinium
angustifolium, Vaccinium pennsylvanicum | 5 | 6 | no.
Honey amber and of good flavor. | cultivated | minor
in most areas. Strong colonies may store 50-90 pounds of surplus from it.[2] | S | Black
haw[3] | Viburnum prunifolium | 5 | 6 | | | | S, T | Devils-walkingstick | Aralia
spinosa | 7 | 8 | no | feral | minor | T | Maple | Acer | 2 | 4 | no | feral | major
but temperature usually too cold | T | Red
Maple[1] | Acer
rubrum | 2 | 4 | no | feral | major
but temperature usually too cold for bees to fly | T | Ohio
Buckeye [2] | Aesculus
glabra | 4 | 5 | no | feral | minor | T | Catalpa,
Indian Bean [2][3][4] | Catalpa
speciosa | 6 | 7 | no | feral,
ornamental | minor | T | Honey
Locust | Gleditsia
triancanthos | 5 | 6 | no | feral | minor | T | Tulip-tree[5] | Liriodendron
tulipifera | 5 | 6 | yes,
see Monofloral honey | feral | major
in southern Appalachians and Piedmont | T | Apple[3] | Malus
domestica | 4 | 5 | No,
the nectar is mostly used for spring brood raising and not stored for
surplus. see Monofloral honey[4] | cultivated | minor | T | Crab Apple | Malus
sylvestris; Malus coronaria
[2] | 3 | 6 | no | ornamental | minor | T | Cherry
[2][3] | Prunus
cerasus | 4 | 5 | no | feral,
cultivated | minor | T | Pear | Pyrus
communis | 4 | 5 | no | cultivated | minor | T | Black Cherry | Prunus
serotina | 4 | 5 | no | feral,
cultivated | minor | T | Plum | Prunus | 4 | 5 | no | feral,
cultivated | minor | T | Sumac[2] | Rhus
glabra | 6 | 7 | mixed
with other honeys | feral | major | T | Black
locust[3][4] | Robinia
pseudoacacia | 5 | 6 | yes,
see Monofloral honey | feral | major
- 800 - 1200 pounds/; short bloom period of about 10 days | T | Willow | Salix | 2 | 4 | no | feral,
ornamental | major
but outside temperatures are usually too cold for bees to fly. 100 - 150
pounds honey per acre; 1,500 pounds pollen | T | Pussy
Willow | Salix
discolor | 3 | 4 | no | feral,
ornamental | major
but temperature usually too cold for bees to fly | T | Bee
bee tree | Tetradium | 7 | 9 | | ornamental | major | T | Basswood[3][4] | Tilia
americana, Tilia cordata | 6 | 7 | yes,
short flow up to 14 days; Honey white; aromatic [2]
see Monofloral honey | feral,
ornamental Produces a high volume of honey on a cycle of every five to eight
years, with lower volume of nectar other years. | major
800 - 1,100 pounds honey | T | American Elm | Ulmus
americana | 2 | 4 | no | feral | minor |
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