My wife and I walked through a wild life sanctuary last Sunday and we surprised by the magnitude of bumble bees, honeybees and yellow jackets working the blooms of an unfamiliar-to-us vine.  The vine looks similar to wild grape (we saw it there as well) but it's not.  The inconspicuous small flowers are in small cluster.  The vine appears to bloom over a long period (there were some green berries at the bottom of the flower clusters).  It's still blooming now in late August here in downstate NY.

Can anyone help to id it?  Does it sound like Virginia Creeper?  I have photos I can forward but, unfortunately, I don't have a website I could post them to.

We are looking for vines to train onto arbors by the house that are attractive to honeybees in the late summer.  Any suggestions??

Thank you.

Waldemar

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