Hi all
Occasionally folks will quibble about the accuracy of the term "honey flow." Here, Nolan lays it down in his USDA Bulletin No. 1349:

"Nectar flow" and "honey flow" are used synonymously to cover those periods in which nectar available for the honeybee is secreted freely. "Pollen yield" refers to the gathering of pollen in large quantities.

Although the rate of increase in brood-rearing activity may be greatly accelerated during the period of initial seasonal expansion by incoming nectar or pollen, the fact that such an expansion continues after resumption of brood rearing, even with no incoming nectar or pollen, indicates that this phase is purely seasonal and needs only the approach of  spring to cause its appearance .

Nolan, W. J. (1925). The brood-rearing cycle of the honeybee (No. 1349). US Government Printing Office.

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