🐝 Bee Forage Bloom Calendar for Buffalo, MO (65622)

What's flowering for honey bees near Buffalo, MO (Ozark Plateau (Springfield Plateau, south-central Missouri)), month by month — 39 local nectar and pollen sources.

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Named honey flows

Black Locust / Spring Tree Flow (minor): Apr–May
Clover & Basswood Main Flow (major): May–Jul
Summer Dearth Trickle (Milkweed/Misc. Forbs) (minor): Jul–Aug
Fall Goldenrod/Aster 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
American Elm	Ulmus americana	Trees	Feb–Mar	low
Eastern Redbud	Cercis canadensis	Trees	Mar–Apr	medium
Wild Plum	Prunus americana	Trees	Mar–Apr	medium
Sassafras	Sassafras albidum	Trees	Mar–Apr	low
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
Flowering Dogwood	Cornus florida	Trees	Apr	medium
Black Cherry	Prunus serotina	Trees	Apr–May	medium
Black Locust	Robinia pseudoacacia	Trees	Apr–May	high
Blackberry	Rubus fruticosus	Shrubs & Vines	Apr–May	high
Autumn Olive	Elaeagnus umbellata	Shrubs & Vines	Apr–May	medium
Crimson Clover	Trifolium incarnatum	Clover & Legumes	Apr–May	medium
Tuliptree (Yellow Poplar)	Liriodendron tulipifera	Trees	May	high
Persimmon	Diospyros virginiana	Trees	May–Jun	low
Multiflora Rose	Rosa multiflora	Shrubs & Vines	May–Jun	medium
Wild Grape	Vitis spp.	Shrubs & Vines	May–Jun	low
White Clover	Trifolium repens	Clover & Legumes	May–Sep	high
Red Clover	Trifolium pratense	Clover & Legumes	May–Sep	medium
Black Medic	Medicago lupulina	Clover & Legumes	May–Aug	low
Common Milkweed	Asclepias syriaca	Wildflowers & Weeds	May–Jul	high
American Basswood	Tilia americana	Trees	Jun	high
Sourwood	Oxydendrum arboreum	Trees	Jun–Jul	medium
Trumpet Creeper	Campsis radicans	Shrubs & Vines	Jun–Aug	low
Virginia Creeper	Parthenocissus quinquefolia	Shrubs & Vines	Jun–Jul	low
Elderberry	Sambucus canadensis	Shrubs & Vines	Jun–Jul	medium
Buttonbush	Cephalanthus occidentalis	Shrubs & Vines	Jun–Jul	medium
Sweet Clover (White & Yellow)	Melilotus albus / M. officinalis	Clover & Legumes	Jun–Aug	high
Alfalfa	Medicago sativa	Clover & Legumes	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
Spanish Needles / Beggarticks	Bidens bipinnata / B. frondosa	Wildflowers & Weeds	Aug–Oct	high
Goldenrod	Solidago spp.	Wildflowers & Weeds	Aug–Oct	high
Wingstem	Verbesina alternifolia	Wildflowers & Weeds	Aug–Sep	medium
New England Aster	Symphyotrichum novae-angliae	Wildflowers & Weeds	Sep–Oct	high
Heath Aster	Symphyotrichum ericoides	Wildflowers & Weeds	Sep–Oct	medium