🐝 Bee Forage Bloom Calendar for Seymour, MO (65746)

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

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Named honey flows

Spring Build-up Flow (maple/henbit/dandelion/fruit bloom) (minor): Mar–Apr
Black Locust & Blackberry Flow (minor): Apr–May
Main Clover/Basswood Summer 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
Eastern Redbud	Cercis canadensis	Trees	Mar–Apr	medium
Wild Plum	Prunus americana	Trees	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
Flowering Dogwood	Cornus florida	Trees	Apr	medium
Black Cherry	Prunus serotina	Trees	Apr–May	medium
Tulip Poplar (Yellow Poplar)	Liriodendron tulipifera	Trees	Apr–May	high
Blackberry	Rubus spp.	Shrubs & Vines	Apr–May	high
Crimson Clover	Trifolium incarnatum	Clover & Legumes	Apr–May	medium
Black Medic	Medicago lupulina	Clover & Legumes	Apr–Aug	low
Wild Mustard/Field Mustard	Brassica spp.	Wildflowers & Weeds	Apr–May	medium
Black Locust	Robinia pseudoacacia	Trees	May	high
Persimmon	Diospyros virginiana	Trees	May–Jun	medium
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–Jul	medium
White Clover	Trifolium repens	Clover & Legumes	May–Jul	high
Red Clover	Trifolium pratense	Clover & Legumes	May–Aug	medium
Sweet Clover (White & Yellow)	Melilotus albus / M. officinalis	Clover & Legumes	May–Aug	high
Ox-eye Daisy	Leucanthemum vulgare	Wildflowers & Weeds	May–Jun	low
Common Milkweed	Asclepias syriaca	Wildflowers & Weeds	May–Jun	medium
Sourwood	Oxydendrum arboreum	Trees	Jun–Jul	high
American Basswood (Linden)	Tilia americana	Trees	Jun	high
Sumac (Winged/Smooth)	Rhus spp.	Shrubs & Vines	Jun–Jul	medium
Virginia Creeper	Parthenocissus quinquefolia	Shrubs & Vines	Jun–Jul	low
Trumpet Creeper	Campsis radicans	Shrubs & Vines	Jun–Aug	low
Elderberry	Sambucus canadensis	Shrubs & Vines	Jun–Jul	medium
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 / Bidens spp.	Wildflowers & Weeds	Aug–Oct	high
Goldenrod (Missouri & Canada spp.)	Solidago spp.	Wildflowers & Weeds	Aug–Oct	high
Sneezeweed	Helenium autumnale	Wildflowers & Weeds	Aug–Sep	low
Common Ragweed	Ambrosia artemisiifolia	Wildflowers & Weeds	Aug–Sep	low
Aster (Heath & New England)	Symphyotrichum spp.	Wildflowers & Weeds	Sep–Oct	high