honey plant

noun

any of various plants that are particularly useful in providing bees with nectar

Reported as a honey plant in most of the beekeepers reports received.

It is a very important honey plant, as it yields an exceptionally pure nectar and remains in bloom a long time.

This is a honey-plant and smells strong of sage, and is common in the South, giving a beautiful effect of mingled mauve and gray.

As a honey plant, alsike clover is without a rival among clovers, unless it be in the small white variety.

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