Tallow is a major source of honey in the humid southeast, and blooms in 
the late spring/early summer after a lot of the spring plants are 
done.  A lot of beekeepers rely on it for a significant proportion of 
their annual production.

Old timer beekeepers spoke of Walter Kelley having had an operation in 
southern Louisiana to produce queens and packages for his sales.  They 
claimed he would spread and encourage others to spread tallow tree 
seeds.  Impossible to confirm the story, and to know whether that gave 
tallow an edge in some areas.  It is definitely thick and well 
established in many other regions of the south.

Impossible to predict the vectors of policies and various interests on 
this one- invasives are a major target of current environmental views.  
Similarly, natives are being reintroduced and promoted.  

 

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