🐝 Bee Forage Bloom Calendar for Atlanta, GA (30316)

What's flowering for honey bees near Atlanta, GA (Piedmont (Atlanta metro, Upper/Southern Piedmont ecoregion, GA)), month by month — 37 local nectar and pollen sources.

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Named honey flows

Spring Buildup Flow (Maple/Henbit/Elm pollen dearth-breaker) (minor): Feb–Mar
Tulip Poplar & Black Locust Flow (major): Apr–May
Privet/Clover/Blackberry Flow (major): May–Jun
Fall Goldenrod/Aster Flow (minor): Sep–Oct

Bloom timing by plant

Plant	Scientific name	Category	Bloom months	Forage value
Red Maple	Acer rubrum	Trees	Jan–Feb	medium
Silver Maple	Acer saccharinum	Trees	Jan–Feb	low
American Elm	Ulmus americana	Trees	Feb–Mar	low
Henbit	Lamium amplexicaule	Wildflowers & Weeds	Feb–Apr	medium
Purple Deadnettle	Lamium purpureum	Wildflowers & Weeds	Feb–Apr	medium
Eastern Redbud	Cercis canadensis	Trees	Mar–Apr	medium
Flowering Dogwood	Cornus florida	Trees	Mar–Apr	medium
Yaupon/Wild Plum & Cherry	Prunus spp.	Trees	Mar–Apr	medium
Wisteria	Wisteria sinensis	Shrubs & Vines	Mar–Apr	medium
Common Dandelion	Taraxacum officinale	Wildflowers & Weeds	Mar–May	medium
Vetch	Vicia spp.	Wildflowers & Weeds	Mar–May	low
Black Locust	Robinia pseudoacacia	Trees	Apr–May	high
Tulip Poplar (Yellow Poplar)	Liriodendron tulipifera	Trees	Apr–May	high
Sweetgum	Liquidambar styraciflua	Trees	Apr–May	low
Japanese Honeysuckle	Lonicera japonica	Shrubs & Vines	Apr–Jun	medium
Blackberry	Rubus spp.	Shrubs & Vines	Apr–May	medium
American Holly	Ilex opaca	Shrubs & Vines	Apr–May	low
White Clover	Trifolium repens	Clover & Legumes	Apr–Jun	high
Crimson Clover	Trifolium incarnatum	Clover & Legumes	Apr–May	medium
Southern Magnolia	Magnolia grandiflora	Trees	May–Jun	low
American Basswood	Tilia americana	Trees	May–Jun	medium
Chinese Privet	Ligustrum sinense	Shrubs & Vines	May–Jun	high
Virginia Creeper	Parthenocissus quinquefolia	Shrubs & Vines	May–Jun	low
Red Clover	Trifolium pratense	Clover & Legumes	May–Jul	medium
Wild Carrot (Queen Anne's Lace)	Daucus carota	Wildflowers & Weeds	May–Jul	low
Common Milkweed	Asclepias syriaca	Wildflowers & Weeds	May–Jul	medium
Sourwood	Oxydendrum arboreum	Trees	Jun–Jul	high
Trumpet Creeper	Campsis radicans	Shrubs & Vines	Jun–Aug	low
Sericea Lespedeza	Lespedeza cuneata	Clover & Legumes	Jul–Sep	medium
Partridge Pea	Chamaecrista fasciculata	Clover & Legumes	Jul–Sep	medium
Kudzu	Pueraria montana var. lobata	Clover & Legumes	Jul–Sep	medium
Joe-Pye Weed	Eutrochium purpureum	Wildflowers & Weeds	Jul–Sep	medium
Spanish Needles / Beggarticks	Bidens alba/bipinnata	Wildflowers & Weeds	Aug–Nov	high
Ironweed	Vernonia noveboracensis	Wildflowers & Weeds	Aug–Sep	medium
Goldenrod	Solidago spp.	Wildflowers & Weeds	Sep–Oct	high
New England Aster / Aromatic Aster	Symphyotrichum spp.	Wildflowers & Weeds	Sep–Nov	high
Frost Aster	Symphyotrichum pilosum	Wildflowers & Weeds	Oct–Nov	medium