[Sickdog5]

Can someone tell me what kind of bush this is. See them everywhere and honey and bumble bees on them.

 

[Eikel]

Japanese bush honeysuckle

 

[Sickdog5]

Do they get nectar from them? Heard they just get pollen

 

[Michael Palmer]

Yes, nectar. Some years supers filled. Vermont has declared the plant an invasive. I have a yard where the farmer sprayed all honeysuckle on the farm. No more supers full there.

 

[jim lyon]

Yes, nectar. Some years supers filled. Vermont has declared the plant an invasive. I have a yard where the farmer sprayed all honeysuckle on the farm. No more supers full there.

What is the quality of the honey? I've never raised anything close to pure honeysuckle.

 

[Michael Palmer]

White, little flavor...I've heard it likened to powdered sugar.

 

[Eikel]

You really don't want anything to with the honeysuckle other than looking at someone else's, it can be pretty to see it in full flower but a major PIA if you have to work around it. Vermont isn't the only one to declare it invasive, which it very much is.

We have tons of it around but I normally don't see but a few bees working it; other folks indicated it needed to be in the sun and only certain times of day.