North florida honey plants pages

North Florida Honey Plants

Laurence Cutts

North Florida Honey Plants I. Major Sources

Produces a surplus crop

II. Minor Sources Provides colony maintenance III. Undesirable Plants

Ranges identified on maps

I. Galberry

Ilex coriacea

I. Palmetto

Serenoa repens

Bloom Window Late April to Mid June

I. Tupelo

Nyssa ogechee

Bloom Window Mid April to Late June

Range

I. Titi

Cliftonia monophylla

Bloom Window Mid January to Mid April

I. Chinese Tallow (Popcorn) Sapien sebiferm

Bloom Window Mid May to Mid July

Range

I. Cottons

Gossypium spp.

Bloom Window Mid June to Late September

Range

I. Cabbage Palm

II. Tag Alder (Hazel Alder) Alnus serrulata

Bloom Window December through February

II. Spanish Needle

II. Mustard & Turnips Brassica spp.

Bloom Window Fall, winter & spring

II. Red Maple Acer rubrum

Bloom Window Late November through mid March

II. Redbud Cercis canadensis

Bloom Window Mid January through mid March

Range

II. Dogwood Cornus florida

Bloom Window February through June

Range

II. Oaks Quereus spp.

Bloom Window Spring

II. Pines Pinus spp.

Bloom Window Early spring

II. Black Gum Nyssa biflora

Bloom Window Early April

Range

II. Yaupon Ilex vomitoria

Bloom Window Early April

II. Willows Salix spp.

Bloom Window Late December through April

II. Mexican Clovers/ Pusley Richardia spp.

Bloom Window All year

II. Clovers Trifolium spp.

Bloom Window Late spring through late fall

II. Blackberries Rubus spp.

Bloom Window Mid March through late May

II. Partridge Pea Chamaecrista fasciculata

Bloom Window Late May through October

Range

II. Knotweeds

II. Mint

II. Wild Cherry

Prunus serotina

Bloom Window March through April

Range

II. St. Johns Wort

II. Gopher Apple

II. Magnolia

II. Tulip Poplar

II. China Berry

II. Cherry Laurel

II. Privit

II. Button Bush

II. Sea Myrtle

II. Primrose Willow

II. Sumac

II. Elderberry

II. Bay

II. Soapbush

II. Huckleberry

II. Chinkipin

II. Sunflowers

Helianthus spp.

Bloom Window August through November

II. Vitex

Vitex agnus-castus

Bloom Window Early May through Mid November

II. Goldenrods

Solidago spp.

Bloom Window Early Setember through Late November

II. Golden Aster

Chrysopsis spp.

Bloom Window August until Frost

II. Asters

Aster spp.

Bloom Window June until frost

II. Dandylion

II. Dog Fennel

Eupatorium capillifolium

Bloom Window Summer until fall

II.Bitter Weed

II. Ornamentals

Various spp.

Bloom Window all year

II. Tick Seed

Coreopsis spp.

II. Azalea

Rhododendrun spp.

II. Roses

II. Crepe Myrtle

II. Coral Vine

II. False Heather

Cyphea hyssopifolia

II. Bear Grass

II. Indian Hawthorn

II. Lantana

II. Wisteria

II. Bottlebrush Callistemon uiminalis

II. Ligustrums Ligustrum spp.

II. Ornamental Pear

II. Strawberry

II. Cacti

II. Powder Puff

III. Summer Titi

Cyrilla racemiflora

Summer Titi (Cyrilla racemiflora L.) is undesirable because the nectar and pollen are responsible for a condition known as “purple brood,� which kills the brood of honey bees. This plant should not be confused with Spring Titi found in the same areas, but is an excellent nectar and honey plant.

THIS PLANT IS UNDESIRABLE

III. Yellow Jessamine

Gelsemium sempervirens

The nectar and pollen is toxic to the Honeybee and may cause brood death if collected.

THIS PLANT IS UNDESIRABLE

Bloom Window Early February through late March