🐝 Bee Forage Bloom Calendar for Batesville, AR (72501)

What's flowering for honey bees near Batesville, AR (Ozark Plateau (White River Hills, north-central Arkansas)), month by month — 38 local nectar and pollen sources.

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Named honey flows

Spring Buildup Flow (maples/henbit/dandelion) (minor): Feb–Mar
Black Locust & Tulip Poplar Flow (major): Apr–May
Clover 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	Feb–Mar	medium
Silver Maple	Acer saccharinum	Trees	Feb–Mar	medium
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
Serviceberry	Amelanchier arborea	Trees	Mar–Apr	medium
Wild Plum	Prunus americana	Trees	Mar–Apr	medium
Dandelion	Taraxacum officinale	Wildflowers & Weeds	Mar–May	medium
Flowering Dogwood	Cornus florida	Trees	Apr	medium
Black Cherry	Prunus serotina	Trees	Apr–May	medium
Black Locust	Robinia pseudoacacia	Trees	Apr–May	high
American Holly	Ilex opaca	Trees	Apr–May	low
Tulip Poplar (Yellow Poplar)	Liriodendron tulipifera	Trees	Apr–May	high
Blackberry	Rubus argutus	Shrubs & Vines	Apr–May	medium
White Clover	Trifolium repens	Clover & Legumes	Apr–Jun	high
Crimson Clover	Trifolium incarnatum	Clover & Legumes	Apr–May	medium
Black Medic	Medicago lupulina	Clover & Legumes	Apr–Sep	low
Vetch (Hairy Vetch)	Vicia villosa	Clover & Legumes	Apr–May	medium
Multiflora Rose	Rosa multiflora	Shrubs & Vines	May–Jun	medium
Elderberry	Sambucus canadensis	Shrubs & Vines	May–Jun	medium
Japanese Honeysuckle	Lonicera japonica	Shrubs & Vines	May–Jul	medium
Red Clover	Trifolium pratense	Clover & Legumes	May–Jul	medium
Common Milkweed	Asclepias syriaca	Wildflowers & Weeds	May–Jul	medium
Queen Anne's Lace	Daucus carota	Wildflowers & Weeds	May–Aug	low
Sourwood	Oxydendrum arboreum	Trees	Jun–Jul	high
Basswood (American Linden)	Tilia americana	Trees	Jun	high
Sumac (Winged/Smooth)	Rhus copallinum / glabra	Shrubs & Vines	Jun–Jul	medium
Trumpet Creeper	Campsis radicans	Shrubs & Vines	Jun–Aug	low
Virginia Creeper	Parthenocissus quinquefolia	Shrubs & Vines	Jun–Jul	low
Coralberry	Symphoricarpos orbiculatus	Shrubs & Vines	Jun–Jul	low
Partridge Pea	Chamaecrista fasciculata	Clover & Legumes	Jul–Sep	medium
Ironweed	Vernonia baldwinii	Wildflowers & Weeds	Jul–Sep	medium
Common Sunflower	Helianthus annuus	Wildflowers & Weeds	Jul–Sep	medium
Joe-Pye Weed	Eutrochium purpureum	Wildflowers & Weeds	Jul–Sep	medium
Spanish Needles / Beggarticks	Bidens bipinnata	Wildflowers & Weeds	Aug–Oct	high
Goldenrod	Solidago spp.	Wildflowers & Weeds	Sep–Oct	high
Aster (New England & others)	Symphyotrichum spp.	Wildflowers & Weeds	Sep–Oct	high