Buckwheat
Fagopyrum esculentum
- Flowering period
- July–September
- Nectar
- gering
- Pollen
- mäßig
Buckwheat flowers from the second half of July into September and pours out very rich nectar. A single plant forms up to 1,800 flowers, which is why it is deliberately grown as bee forage and as a catch crop. Its honey is strongly dark brown, robust in taste and reminiscent of beet syrup, and thus not to everyone's liking; unlike most blossom honeys it stays liquid. There are only a few growing regions large enough to produce a major flow.
Sources (5)
- Bienenweidekatalog Baden-Württemberg, Ministerium für Ernährung, Ländlichen Raum und Verbraucherschutz mit Universität Hohenheim
- Buchweizen, Pflanzensteckbrief bei Die Honigmacher (Deutscher Imkerbund)
- Buchweizenhonig, Sortenhonige bei Die Honigmacher (Deutscher Imkerbund)
- Bienenweiden, Hortipendium
- Filipiak, Walczyńska, Denisow, Petanidou, Ziółkowska (2022): Phenology and production of pollen, nectar and sugar in 1612 plant species from various environments