Sweet Clover??

[zzen01]

We have LOTS of this stuff in the area where the hives are. Do Bees like this and is it good for honey Production?

[AllenF]

Sweet clover, yellow clover.   Ya, it's good.

[Michael Bush]

Awesome.

[JP]

Best honey I ever had was from South Dakota from sweet yellow clover!


...JP

[rail]

White Clover (Sweet Clover)?



Magnolia

[VolunteerK9]

I planted a small patch of it(yellow sweet clover) last fall from seed I got from Camp9 (Member on here). My bees are tearing it up. You can walk by it and here constant buzzing from all the honey and bumblebees working it. I plan on getting more seed and possibly drilling several acres with it.

[bud1]

rail; that looks like one of the dutch clover  http://www.pogueagri.com/Hubam_Sweet_Clover.aspx

[AllenF]

Ya, that looks like dutch white clover.   

[Michael Bush]

White dutch clover is great.  But it's not sweet clover...

[tsmullins]

White Clover (Sweet Clover)?

Magnolia

We have a magnolia, but it is still fairly young.  The bumblebees have worked it for several years.  I have not seen the honey bees on our Magnolia yet.  Our Magnolia is a "Brackens Brown Beauty".

Shane

[Course Bee]

That looks like what they call Alsike Clover here. I have not seen my bees work it but they say that it makes honey similar to other clover. It is considered a weed here and grows in peoples yards. I know you can mow it as short as you want and it will still bloom. I like it because my wife loves to mow and she can't stop it from blooming.

[zzen01]

This id what is looks like: http://www.pogueagri.com/Madrid_Sweet_Clover.aspx

[VolunteerK9]

This id what is looks like: http://www.pogueagri.com/Madrid_Sweet_Clover.aspx

Yup, Yellow Sweet Clover. Thats what I have planted and the bees love it

[zzen01]

http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/195/1002919y.jpg/

This is what the stuff looks like.

[zzen01]

My bees were out there "workin" it!