My parents have an apiary. They've been beekeeping for 17 years, so they have a wealth of experience. About five years ago, someone recommended planting phacelia as a honey plant. They gave it a try and now plant it mostly. Phacelia looks like this:
Over the years, they've identified a number of advantages of phacelia over other honey plants. I'll list them for you:
- economical, because phacelia is also used for other agricultural purposes (I wrote about this here);
- can be planted several times per season, even before winter planting, due to which the crop blooms very early;
- blooms for a long time – a month;
- contains a huge amount of pollen;
- Phacelia was included in the State Register of Breeding Achievements of the Russian Federation back in 1967;
- The flowers are very fragrant, so they especially attract bees.
And simply the areas sown with this green manure look amazing!
