[Merl]

Has anyone ever tried planting sugar beets for bees? Do they have a flower? Just thinking if they do have a flower it might be a good bee planting crop. I am just a hobby keeper so not looking for commercial use. Thanks for your answers .

 

[Dave Burrup]

I have raised table beets, same species, for seed. They are wind pollinated and the bees totally ignore them.
Dave

 

[burns375]

Sugar beets are massive things, there are quite a few fields and a large processing plant in my dads hometown of Fremont, Oh. I would plant something else like clover, as a weed its everywhere here and the bees love it. Generally gardens on your property are insignificant contribution to their overall forage and not really worth the time. I would plant gardens for pleasure, what you enjoy, not necessarily whats bee friendly or not.

 

[Robbin]

Has anyone ever tried planting sugar beets for bees? Do they have a flower? Just thinking if they do have a flower it might be a good bee planting crop. I am just a hobby keeper so not looking for commercial use. Thanks for your answers .

goggle Sweet Yellow clover... Probably the ultimate bee planting...

 

[JRG13]

Sugar beets are bi-annual also.

 

[Dustin Mori]

I think you would be better off planting something else. here is a link to some info on sugar beets. http://www.biofortified.org/2010/08/sugar-beet-biology/

 

[Merl]

I do have a garden plus 45 fruit trees. Sugar beets just came on my mind but a lot of thoings do that , some don't pan out and some do.