My bee's will be coming this spring. I am a little nervous. Hope I don't mess up!

Honeybee Plants

Althea (Rose of Sharon)
Alfalfa
Almond
American Holly
Anise
Apple trees (Fruit trees in general-all)
Apricot
Apriums
Ash
Asparagus
Asters
Azolla-floating fern
Barberry
Basil
Beans, garden
Bee Balm
Beet
Birch
Bittersweet
Bladder Campion
Blackberry
Black Cherry
Black-eyed Susan
Black Medic
Blanket Flower
Bluebells
Blue-Eyed Grass
Bird's Foot Trefoil
Blueberry
Blue Weed
Borage
Brocholli
Buckeye
Buckthorn
Buckwheat
Buffalo Berry
Butter And Eggs
Buttercups
Butterfly bush
Butterfly Weed
Button Bush
Cabbage
Cardinal Flower
Cardinal Shrub
Carnations
Carrots
Catalpa tree
Catnip
Cedar
Chestnut
Cherry Tree
Chickweed
Chicory
Chinquapin
Chives
Cinnamon Basil
Cinquefoil
Chives
Choke Cherry
Cleome
Coleous
Clematis
Climbing nightshade
Clover, crimsonClover, SweetClover, White Dutch
Collards
Columbine
Comfrey
Cone Flower
Coreopsis
Coriander
Corn, tassels
Cosmos
Cotton
Cotton Tree
Cottonwood
Cowpeas
Cranberry Crocus
Crepemyrtle
Crysantheum
Cucumbers
Currant
Dandelion
Dahlia
Daylily
Dewberry
Dianthius
Dill
Dock
Dogbane
Dogwood
Echinacea
Elderberry
Fireweed
Elder
Fennel
Fennugreek
Fig
Flax
Fleabane
Forsythia
Four O'clocks
Foxglove
Garlic
Geranium (Wild)
Goat's Beard
Golden Raintree (Chaintree)
Goldenrod
Gooseberry
Gourds
Grape
Hawkweed (yellow, orange)
Hawkweed, (mouse ear)
Hazelnut
Hibiscus
Hollyhock
Honeysuckle
Honeysuckle Shrub
Horhound
Huckleberry
Hyssop
Iron Weed
Joe Pye Weed
Johnson Grass
Kudzu
Lambs Ear
Lantana
Larkspur
Lavander
Lemonbalm
Lespedeza
Lilac
Lima Bean
Locust tree
Loganberry
Loveage
Lupine
Magnolia
Mallow
Marjoram
Maple Trees
Marigold, french
Melons
Milkweed
Mimosa
Mints
Mistletoe
Mock Orange
Morning Glory
Mossy stonecrop
Motherwort
Mullein
Muscadines
Mustard
Nectarines
Nettle
Oak Trees (Pollen & honwydew)
Okra
Onion
Oregano (wild)Pansy
Parsley
Peach Trees
Pear
Peony
Pennyroyal
Penstemon
Pepper
Pepperbush
Peppermint
Persimmon
Petunias
Phlox
Photina
Pigweed
Pineapple Sage
Pincushion Flower
Plantain, narrow leaf
Plucots
Plums
Pointillia
Poison Ivy
Poison Oak
Poison Sumac
Poplar Trees
Privet Hedge
Pumpkins
Purple Loosestrife
Pussy Toes
Queen Anne's Lace
Quince
Radish
Ragweed
Rape
Raspberry(wild & tame)
Redbud
Rose, Wild
Rosemary
Sage
Salvia
Salvinia-a water plant
Sassafras
Sedums
Service Berry
Snapdragons
Snowball Bush
Sorghum
Sourwood
Soybean
Spearmint
Spice Shrub
Squash
Sumac
St. John's Wort
Stitchwort
Strawberry (tame)
Strawberry (wild)
Sunflower
Sweet Gum
Sweet Peas
Thistles
Thyme
Tickseed
Trumpet Vine
Tulip Tree (Poplar)
Turnip
Valerian
Verbena
Veronica
Vetch
Violets
Vitex
Walnut
Willow Trees
Woad
Wood Sorrel, Yellow
Yarrow
Zinnia

Blue, violet, and pink are the flower colors most
attractive to bees. Next are orange ones and yellows.
Some flowers, such as roses and poppies, provide
pollen but no nectar. And some plants, such as privet,
red bud, and English ivy, lure honeybees but produce
strong, unpleasant-tasting honey.