🐝 Bee Forage Bloom Calendar for Niangua, MO (65713)

What's flowering for honey bees near Niangua, MO (Ozark Plateau (Missouri Ozarks, Dallas County)), month by month — 40 local nectar and pollen sources.

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Named honey flows

Black Locust / Fruit Bloom Spring Flow (minor): Apr–May
Tuliptree/Basswood & Main Clover Flow (major): May–Jul
Summer Dearth (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
Serviceberry	Amelanchier arborea	Trees	Mar–Apr	medium
Wild Plum	Prunus americana	Shrubs & Vines	Mar–Apr	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
Spring Beauty	Claytonia virginica	Wildflowers & Weeds	Mar–Apr	low
Flowering Dogwood	Cornus florida	Trees	Apr	medium
Black Cherry	Prunus serotina	Trees	Apr–May	medium
Black Walnut	Juglans nigra	Trees	Apr–May	low
Blackberry	Rubus allegheniensis	Shrubs & Vines	Apr–May	high
Crimson Clover	Trifolium incarnatum	Clover & Legumes	Apr–May	medium
Black Medic	Medicago lupulina	Clover & Legumes	Apr–Sep	low
Wild Mustard	Brassica spp.	Wildflowers & Weeds	Apr–May	medium
American Persimmon	Diospyros virginiana	Trees	May–Jun	medium
Black Locust	Robinia pseudoacacia	Trees	May	high
Tuliptree (Yellow Poplar)	Liriodendron tulipifera	Trees	May–Jun	high
Multiflora Rose	Rosa multiflora	Shrubs & Vines	May–Jun	medium
Japanese Honeysuckle	Lonicera japonica	Shrubs & Vines	May–Jul	medium
White Clover	Trifolium repens	Clover & Legumes	May–Jul	high
Red Clover	Trifolium pratense	Clover & Legumes	May–Aug	medium
Basswood (American Linden)	Tilia americana	Trees	Jun	high
Sourwood	Oxydendrum arboreum	Trees	Jun–Jul	medium
Elderberry	Sambucus canadensis	Shrubs & Vines	Jun–Jul	medium
Virginia Creeper	Parthenocissus quinquefolia	Shrubs & Vines	Jun–Jul	low
Trumpet Creeper	Campsis radicans	Shrubs & Vines	Jun–Aug	low
Buttonbush	Cephalanthus occidentalis	Shrubs & Vines	Jun–Jul	medium
Sweet Clover (Yellow & White)	Melilotus officinalis / M. albus	Clover & Legumes	Jun–Aug	high
Alfalfa	Medicago sativa	Clover & Legumes	Jun–Aug	medium
Common Milkweed	Asclepias syriaca	Wildflowers & Weeds	Jun–Jul	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
Late Goldenrod	Solidago altissima / gigantea	Wildflowers & Weeds	Aug–Oct	high
Spanish Needles / Beggarticks	Bidens bipinnata / B. frondosa	Wildflowers & Weeds	Aug–Oct	high
New England Aster	Symphyotrichum novae-angliae	Wildflowers & Weeds	Sep–Oct	high
Frostweed / Crownbeard	Verbesina virginica	Wildflowers & Weeds	Sep–Oct	medium