🐝 Bee Forage Bloom Calendar for Crestwood, KY (40014)

What's flowering for honey bees near Crestwood, KY (Outer Bluegrass Region / Knobs, north-central Kentucky), month by month — 38 local nectar and pollen sources.

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Named honey flows

Black Locust / Tuliptree spring flow (major): May–Jun
White Clover & Sweetclover main flow (major): May–Jul
Basswood flow (localized) (minor): Jun
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
Common Dandelion	Taraxacum officinale	Wildflowers & Weeds	Mar–May	medium
Henbit	Lamium amplexicaule	Wildflowers & Weeds	Mar–Apr	low
Purple Deadnettle	Lamium purpureum	Wildflowers & Weeds	Mar–Apr	low
Eastern Redbud	Cercis canadensis	Trees	Apr	medium
Flowering Dogwood	Cornus florida	Trees	Apr–May	medium
Wild Plum	Prunus americana	Trees	Apr	medium
Black Cherry	Prunus serotina	Trees	Apr–May	medium
Autumn Olive	Elaeagnus umbellata	Shrubs & Vines	Apr–May	medium
Crimson Clover	Trifolium incarnatum	Clover & Legumes	Apr–May	medium
Black Locust	Robinia pseudoacacia	Trees	May	high
Tuliptree (Yellow Poplar)	Liriodendron tulipifera	Trees	May–Jun	high
Black Locust (second bloom stragglers)	Robinia pseudoacacia	Trees	May–Jun	high
Multiflora Rose	Rosa multiflora	Shrubs & Vines	May–Jun	medium
Blackberry	Rubus allegheniensis	Shrubs & Vines	May–Jun	medium
Wild Grape	Vitis spp.	Shrubs & Vines	May–Jun	low
Japanese Honeysuckle	Lonicera japonica	Shrubs & Vines	May–Sep	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–Sep	low
American Basswood	Tilia americana	Trees	Jun	high
Sourwood	Oxydendrum arboreum	Trees	Jun–Jul	medium
Sweet Chestnut/Chestnut relict sprouts	Castanea dentata	Trees	Jun–Jul	low
Trumpet Creeper	Campsis radicans	Shrubs & Vines	Jun–Aug	low
Virginia Creeper	Parthenocissus quinquefolia	Shrubs & Vines	Jun–Jul	low
Sweetclover (White & Yellow)	Melilotus albus / M. officinalis	Clover & Legumes	Jun–Aug	high
Common Milkweed	Asclepias syriaca	Wildflowers & Weeds	Jun–Jul	medium
Queen Anne's Lace	Daucus carota	Wildflowers & Weeds	Jun–Aug	low
Spotted Knapweed	Centaurea stoebe	Wildflowers & Weeds	Jun–Sep	medium
Ironweed	Vernonia gigantea	Wildflowers & Weeds	Jul–Sep	medium
Canada Goldenrod	Solidago canadensis	Wildflowers & Weeds	Aug–Oct	high
Tall Goldenrod	Solidago altissima	Wildflowers & Weeds	Aug–Oct	high
Common Boneset	Eupatorium perfoliatum	Wildflowers & Weeds	Aug–Sep	low
New England Aster	Symphyotrichum novae-angliae	Wildflowers & Weeds	Sep–Oct	high
Frost Aster	Symphyotrichum pilosum	Wildflowers & Weeds	Sep–Oct	medium