Hi Jim
 
I would like to find web sites containing pictures of nectar plants.  If
you know of any more, please post them or email me directly.  Those on the
below sites are great.  Thanks.
 
Frank & Phronsie Humphrey
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> From: Jim Moore <[log in to unmask]>
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Nectar sources in Sept - goldenrod vs. jewelweed.
> Date: Tuesday, September 02, 1997 12:59 PM
>
>         Goldenrod (see http://www.csdl.tamu.edu/FLORA/fa07/fa07030.jpg or
> http://www.nnlm.nlm.nih.gov/pnr/uwmhg/mhg94087.html) is often mentioned
as a fall nectar and
> pollen source for honey bees here in New England. I seldom if ever see
any bees on goldenrod
> locally. Hornets and wasps and bumblebees, but not honey bees.
>
>         Is goldenrod really that good forage for honey bees?
>
>         Also this year due to the dry August the jewelweed (see
Impatiens_capensisis
> http://chili.rt66.com/hrbmoore/Images/H-L/Impatiens_capensis-2.jpg) is in
full bloom now. It
> seems to be a very attractive source. When watching the hive entrace I
see many bees entering
> with their backs powdered with the white pollen. The plants have numerous
bees and bumblebees
> collecting nectar.
>
>         The flower of jewelweed in not structured for easy access for
honey bees. Bumblebees
> have a longer tongue and can access the nectar inside the flower. What is
interesting is that
> most honey bees access the nectar from outside the flower. The tapered
end gets punctured at
> some point and this provides easy access to the flower. I don't know if
it is the honey bee
> that causes the puncture. I'm assume it is cause by the bumblebee's
tongue as the flower get
> older.
>
>         Does anyone know the qualitites (taste, color, tendency to
granulate) of jewelweed
> honey?
>
>         Thank,
>
>         Jim Moore
>         5 hives
>         second year
>         Acton, Massachusetts.