Sunflower
Helianthus annuus
- Flowering period
- July–September
- Nectar
- gut
- Pollen
- gut
The Sunflower flowers from July to September and provides plentiful nectar and plentiful, strongly yellow pollen. It is one of the most important late-summer flows and helps with the build-up of winter bees. Its honey is egg-yolk yellow to yellow-brown, robust, slightly sour and slightly resinous in aroma, and crystallises quickly into a fine-grained, creamy consistency. Because the area grown in Germany is small, German sunflower honey is rare.
Sources (6)
- Bienenweidepflanzen für den Hausgarten, Bayerische Landesanstalt für Weinbau und Gartenbau (LWG) Veitshöchheim
- Sonnenblume, Pflanzensteckbrief bei Die Honigmacher (Deutscher Imkerbund)
- Sonnenblumenhonig, 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
- Tew, Baldock, Morten, Bird, Vaughan, Memmott (2023): A dataset of nectar sugar production for flowering plants found in urban greenspaces