Scott wrote > I believe it has a lot to do with the flowers not being very visible for > the > bees since the flowers occur below the leaf canopy of the soy fields. Here in Australia I believe it depends on the variety of soy bean. Up until about 10 years ago, we had soy beans growing around us but there was never any noticeable extra nectar in the hives when it flowered. Then about 10 years ago I suddenly had a good shake that had to be soy bean honey. I wondered why. Talking with the farmer it turned out that he had changed variety and this was a new variety which the bees were collecting excess nectar from. It stayed that way for a few years but nothing of late as soy bean have not been planted due to the drought. I don't think it had anything to with the presentation of the flowers as the plants looked the same with the flowers within the leaves. Maybe soy bean is a bit like lucerne (sorry alfalfa for those in the USA) were the variety makes a big difference to the amount of nectar secreted. Trevor Weatherhead AUSTRALIA ****************************************************** * Full guidelines for BEE-L posting are at: * * http://www.honeybeeworld.com/bee-l/guidelines.htm * ******************************************************