In this video we take a close up look at the amazing Blackgum tree species and its importance to honeybees and their keepers.

Links:
American Honey Plants….Frank C. Pellet
http://ia802703.us.archive.org/26/ite...

Stathcona Beekeepers Library
https://strathconabeekeepers.blogspot...

Forage Map
https://honeybeenet.gsfc.nasa.gov/Hon...
This output was derived from content created by Ayers and Harman, and published as Chapter 11 "Bee Forage of North America and the Potential for Planting for Bees" from the book The Hive and the Honey Bee, 1992, Graham, J. ed. Dadant and Sons Inc. Hamilton, Illinois.

Eastern Old List:
https://dendro.cnre.vt.edu/olds/detai...

Blackgum Photo Credits:
T. Davis Sydnor, The Ohio State University, Bugwood.org
John Gwaltney SFEDatabase
Scott Allen Davis https://www.inaturalist.org/observati...
John Ruter, University of Georgia, Bugwood.org
Grossmann’s Bees
Richard Webb, Bugwood.org
https://summersweetnativeplants.com/p...
Chris Evans University of Illinois Bugwood.org
Vern Wilkins, Indiana University, Bugwood.org