🐝 Bee Forage Bloom Calendar for Brighton, MO (65617)

What's flowering for honey bees near Brighton, MO (Ozark Plateau (Springfield Plateau, southwest Missouri)), month by month — 38 local nectar and pollen sources.

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Named honey flows

Spring Buildup Flow (maple, henbit, dandelion, wild plum) (minor): Mar–Apr
Black Locust / Tuliptree Flow (minor): May
Main Clover & Basswood Flow (major): May–Jul
Fall Goldenrod/Aster/Beggarticks Flow (major): Aug–Oct

Bloom timing by plant

Plant	Scientific name	Category	Bloom months	Forage value
Silver Maple	Acer saccharinum	Trees	Feb–Mar	medium
Red Maple	Acer rubrum	Trees	Feb–Mar	medium
Dandelion	Taraxacum officinale	Wildflowers & Weeds	Mar–May	medium
Henbit	Lamium amplexicaule	Wildflowers & Weeds	Mar–Apr	medium
Purple Deadnettle	Lamium purpureum	Wildflowers & Weeds	Mar–Apr	medium
Eastern Redbud	Cercis canadensis	Trees	Apr	medium
Flowering Dogwood	Cornus florida	Trees	Apr	low
Black Cherry	Prunus serotina	Trees	Apr–May	medium
Wild Plum	Prunus americana	Trees	Apr	medium
Blackberry	Rubus allegheniensis	Shrubs & Vines	Apr–May	high
Crimson Clover	Trifolium incarnatum	Clover & Legumes	Apr–May	medium
Yellow Sweet Clover / Vetch mix roadside forb	Vicia spp.	Wildflowers & Weeds	Apr–Jun	low
Black Locust	Robinia pseudoacacia	Trees	May	high
Tuliptree (Tulip Poplar)	Liriodendron tulipifera	Trees	May	high
Multiflora Rose	Rosa multiflora	Shrubs & Vines	May–Jun	medium
Wild Grape	Vitis spp.	Shrubs & Vines	May–Jun	low
Japanese Honeysuckle	Lonicera japonica	Shrubs & Vines	May–Jun	medium
White Clover	Trifolium repens	Clover & Legumes	May–Jul	high
Red Clover	Trifolium pratense	Clover & Legumes	May–Aug	medium
Alsike Clover	Trifolium hybridum	Clover & Legumes	May–Jul	medium
Black Medic	Medicago lupulina	Clover & Legumes	May–Aug	low
Common Milkweed	Asclepias syriaca	Wildflowers & Weeds	May–Jul	medium
Curly Dock	Rumex crispus	Wildflowers & Weeds	May–Jun	low
American Basswood (Linden)	Tilia americana	Trees	Jun	high
Sourwood	Oxydendrum arboreum	Trees	Jun–Jul	medium
Sumac (Winged/Smooth)	Rhus spp.	Shrubs & Vines	Jun–Jul	medium
Elderberry	Sambucus canadensis	Shrubs & Vines	Jun–Jul	medium
Trumpet Creeper	Campsis radicans	Shrubs & Vines	Jun–Aug	low
Buttonbush	Cephalanthus occidentalis	Shrubs & Vines	Jun–Aug	medium
Sweetclover (White/Yellow)	Melilotus albus / M. officinalis	Clover & Legumes	Jun–Aug	high
Wild Bergamot	Monarda fistulosa	Wildflowers & Weeds	Jun–Aug	medium
Queen Anne's Lace	Daucus carota	Wildflowers & Weeds	Jun–Aug	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
Goldenrod (various)	Solidago spp.	Wildflowers & Weeds	Aug–Oct	high
Spanish Needles / Beggarticks	Bidens bipinnata / B. frondosa	Wildflowers & Weeds	Aug–Oct	high
New England Aster / Heath Aster	Symphyotrichum spp.	Wildflowers & Weeds	Sep–Oct	high