Knapp Weed is classed as a noxious weed in MT, it is very invasive.   It is 
a good bee flower.  The honey is light colored, tends to rapidly  
crystalize, and the honey has a bit of a sharp taste.  
 
NO one in MT would suggest planting it for bees (see below).  It takes  
over hillsides, valleys, wilderness areas.  We work hard to get rid of it,  
since cattle won't eat it, and it crowds out the native vegetation.  
 
Although we don't mind making honey from it, no beekeeper would ever want  
anyone to think that beekeepers are deliberately planting a weed that 
destroys  pastures and turns hillsides purple.
 
Best and about the only way to get rid of it, is to herd sheep on its when  
it first appears above the ground.  The sheep have to be kept on it until  
they eat it to the nub.  After a few years, the sheep can clear it.   We've 
an outfit in Missoula that hires a full-time herder to move sheep over the  
mountain sides surrounding the valley.
 
 

> If  you don't have Knapp weed, and allready have some golden rod, I would 
go with  the Knapp weed, It blooms in july and aug. up here, blooms for a 
long time,  and really gets the girls going for the golden rod flow. and yes 
it is  invasive, so the seed is probably not sold, but I'm sure it is  
available from someone. 
 
Jerry

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