Bee plants

[marcm]

Hi all, we're looking for new beeplants. Our attention goes to the following plants : Garrya elliptica and Fothergilla major, both American plants. Does anyone have any experience with them as beeplant ?
Thanks, marc

[WVbeekeeper]

I have no experience with them nor have heard of them. Here is a list of good plants. Try some of these out if you can.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northern_Nectar_Sources_for_Honeybees

[Michael Bush]

http://www.beesource.com/forums/showthread.php?t=195056&

[Walliebee]

I have lots of Fothergilla around here. It's a great shrub for the landscape, but I've never seen any honeybee's on it. The Garrya or Silk Tassel Tree is a west coast native, therefore I have no experience with it.

A nice N. American native shrub that they do like is Clethra alnifolia or Summersweet.

[marcm]

Thanks for the answers, link and suggestion. A friend of mine has a summersweet tree (Clethra arborea) and bees buzzing all around.