Joel,  I am sending this to the lists as well.  I am told that in
certain areas trefoil is a good producer; it apparently has caused
friction in some regions between those bent on controlling this
plant and beekeepers who want to keep it for nectar.
 
do a review apis-l to see if G. ayers is on the list...
 
Tom Sanford
 
On Tue, 6 Aug 1996, joel b gruver wrote:
 
> Hello Malcom,
> I didn't get any responses from list members concerning alfalfa as a bee
> forage... my folks have been observing the local alfalfa fields at
> various stages of bloom and have decided that alfalfa is not a good honey
> plant in our area... I recommended that they consider birdsfoot
> teefoil... When I was a student at Oregon State U.. some the research
> fields adjacent to my plots were birdsfoot trefoil seed production
> plots... they had hives adjacent to each plot and the beautiful canary
> yellow blossoms were covered with bees... Do you know anything about BFT
> as a bee forage ? Which reference materials do you recommend concerning
> bee forage plants ? Is Dr. George Ayres, Michigan State an Apis-l
> subscriber ? Joel Gruver
>