Three bee plants: Purple Loosestrife, Vetch, and Safflower

Authors
Dalby, R
Citation
R. Dalby, Three bee plants: Purple Loosestrife, Vetch, and Safflower, AM BEE J, 141(1), 2001, pp. 53-55
Categorie Soggetti
Entomology/Pest Control
Journal title
AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL
ISSN journal
00027626 → ACNP
Volume
141
Issue
1
Year of publication
2001
Pages
53 - 55
Database
ISI
SICI code
0002-7626(200101)141:1<53:TBPPLV>2.0.ZU;2-Y
Abstract
Some consider Purple Loosestrife (Lythrum salicaria) nothing more than a we ed. Fortunately, honey bees pay no attention to such human concepts and mak e ready use of the plant as a source of nectar. This square-stemmed woody p erennial can be found in wee locations from Nova Scotia south to Virginia a nd westward to Minnesota and Missouri.