CHAPTER 9 - Forage (WASBA Apprentice Course)

Honey bees will always elect to go to the flowers that produce the best nectar - that which is highest in glucose. They will travel up to 3 miles for a good nectar source and have been known to go 5 miles if necessary. Attempting to have good nectar-producing flowers near their hive is really helpful but bees view the whole neighborhood as “theirs” so having hives in a city environment in which bees can forage in other gardens and flowerbeds is an advantage.