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 >