spring flowering plants

[muddymom]

Has anyone had any experience with winter honeysuckle plants. They flower February to March/April, are a decent size shrub suitable for urban use,and its said to have a decent nectar production. All well and good BUT do bees utilize them.

[TheBuzz]

Has anyone had any experience with winter honeysuckle plants. They flower February to March/April, are a decent size shrub suitable for urban use,and its said to have a decent nectar production. All well and good BUT do bees utilize them.

Grape hyacinth is a popular early bulb for bees.

[WWW]

muddy,
I have honeysuckle in abundance around my hives but have never seen honeybees working them, I can't tell you exactly when they flower in the spring, perhaps this year I will take note of it.