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BEE FORAGE INFO

The fourteen regions of the Ayers and Harman honey bee forage map are indicated below. These regions are based on natural patterns of land use and flora.

Note that selecting the large pink area in the northern boreal region of the Canadian provinces will not provide a list of species at this time. Ayers and Harman indicated that this is not an important beekeeping region. Forage is similar to that of Alaska and is characterized by long harsh winters and a short forage season.

Click on the map to see a list of honey bee forage species and their blooming periods for the different regions within a state.

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   Region   1 - Alaska    Region   2 - Western Mountains
   Region   3 - South and Central California    Region   4 - Interior Northwest
   Region   5 - Intermountain Region    Region   6 - Southwest Deserts
   Region   7 - Aspen Parkland & Peace River Valley    Region   8 - Great Plains
   Region   9 - N. Great Lakes & S. Canada    Region 10 - Agricultural Interior
   Region 11 - Appalachian-Ozark Upland    Region 12 - Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plain
   Region 13 - New England & Atlantic Canada    Region 14 - Boreal Forest

This map, and the associated species lists that are provided via the map, are based on content created by George S. Ayers and Jay R. Harman, both of Michigan State University, and are provided in Chapter 11 "Bee Forage of North America and the Potential for Planting for Bees" of the book The Hive and the Honey Bee, 1992, Graham, J. ed. Dadant and Sons Inc. Hamilton, Illinois.
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