🐝 Bee Forage Bloom Calendar for Strafford, MO (65757)

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

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Named honey flows

Black Locust/Fruit Bloom flow (minor): Apr–May
Tuliptree-Basswood flow (major): May–Jun
Clover-Sweetclover flow (major): May–Jul
Fall Goldenrod/Aster flow (minor): 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	low
Black Cherry	Prunus serotina	Trees	Apr–May	medium
Apple/Crabapple	Malus spp.	Trees	Apr	medium
Black Locust	Robinia pseudoacacia	Trees	Apr–May	high
American Holly/Winterberry relatives	Ilex spp.	Shrubs & Vines	Apr–May	low
Blackberry	Rubus spp.	Shrubs & Vines	Apr–May	high
Common Vetch	Vicia sativa	Wildflowers & Weeds	Apr–May	low
Tuliptree (Yellow Poplar)	Liriodendron tulipifera	Trees	May–Jun	high
Black Gum (Tupelo)	Nyssa sylvatica	Trees	May	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
Sweetclover (White & Yellow)	Melilotus spp.	Clover & Legumes	May–Aug	high
Alsike Clover	Trifolium hybridum	Clover & Legumes	May–Jul	medium
Crown Vetch	Securigera varia	Clover & Legumes	May–Jul	low
Common Milkweed	Asclepias syriaca	Wildflowers & Weeds	May–Jun	medium
American Basswood	Tilia americana	Trees	Jun	high
Sourwood	Oxydendrum arboreum	Trees	Jun–Jul	medium
Elderberry	Sambucus canadensis	Shrubs & Vines	Jun–Jul	medium
Trumpet Creeper	Campsis radicans	Shrubs & Vines	Jun–Aug	low
Virginia Creeper	Parthenocissus quinquefolia	Shrubs & Vines	Jun–Jul	low
Queen Anne's Lace	Daucus carota	Wildflowers & Weeds	Jun–Aug	low
Wild Bergamot	Monarda fistulosa	Wildflowers & Weeds	Jun–Aug	medium
Partridge Pea	Chamaecrista fasciculata	Clover & Legumes	Jul–Sep	medium
Ironweed	Vernonia baldwinii	Wildflowers & Weeds	Jul–Sep	medium
Late Boneset	Eupatorium serotinum	Wildflowers & Weeds	Aug–Sep	medium
Tall Goldenrod	Solidago altissima	Wildflowers & Weeds	Aug–Oct	high
Spanish Needles/Beggarticks	Bidens bipinnata	Wildflowers & Weeds	Aug–Oct	medium
New England Aster	Symphyotrichum novae-angliae	Wildflowers & Weeds	Sep–Oct	high
Heath Aster	Symphyotrichum ericoides	Wildflowers & Weeds	Sep–Oct	medium