A melliferous flower is a plant which produces substances that can be collected by insects and turned into honey

Honey

Honey is a sweet food made by bees using nectar from flowers. The variety produced by honey bees is the one most commonly referred to and is the type of honey collected by beekeepers and consumed by humans...

. Many plant

Plant

Plants are living organisms belonging to the kingdom Plantae. Precise definitions of the kingdom vary, but as the term is used here, plants include familiar organisms such as trees, flowers, herbs, bushes, grasses, vines, ferns, mosses, and green algae. The group is also called green plants or...

s are melliferous, but only certain examples can be harvested by honey bees, because of their physiognomy

Physiognomy

Physiognomy is the assessment of a person's character or personality from their outer appearance, especially the face...

 (body size and shape, length of proboscis, etc.) Apiculture classifies a plant as melliferous if it can be harvested by domesticated honey bees.

The table below lists some of the known melliferous plants, and indicates the flowering period, as well as the resources harvested by bees (Nectar, pollen

Pollen

Pollen is a fine to coarse powder containing the microgametophytes of seed plants, which produce the male gametes . Pollen grains have a hard coat that protects the sperm cells during the process of their movement from the stamens to the pistil of flowering plants or from the male cone to the...

, propolis

Propolis

Propolis is a resinous mixture that honey bees collect from tree buds, sap flows, or other botanical sources. It is used as a sealant for unwanted open spaces in the hive. Propolis is used for small gaps , while larger spaces are usually filled with beeswax. Its color varies depending on its...

, and honeydew

Honeydew (secretion)

Honeydew is a sugar-rich sticky liquid, secreted by aphids and some scale insects as they feed on plant sap. When their mouthpart penetrates the phloem, the sugary, high-pressure liquid is forced out of the gut's terminal opening. Honeydew is particularly common as a secretion in the Hemipteran...

). It is worth noting that each plant does not produce the same quantity or quality of these resources, and even among species the production can vary due to region, plant health, climate, etc.

Plains plants

Image	Common name	Latin name	Flowering months	Nectar	Pollen	Propolis	Honeydew
	Acacia Robinia Robinia is a genus of flowering plants in the family Fabaceae, subfamily Faboideae, native to North America and northern Mexico. Commonly known as "locusts", they are deciduous trees and shrubs growing 4-25 m tall. The leaves are pinnate with 7-21 oval leaflets. The flowers are white or pink, in...  (Robinia "false acacia")	robinia pseudacacia	05-06	X	X	.	.
	Corn poppy Corn poppy Papaver rhoeas is a species of flowering plant in the poppy family, Papaveraceae...	papaver rhoeas	04-05	.	X	.	.
	Common Dogwood Common Dogwood The Common Dogwood, Cornus sanguinea, is a species of dogwood native to most of Europe and western Asia, occurring north to southern England and southern Scandinavia, and east to the Caspian Sea. It is widely grown as an ornamental plant....	cornus sanguinea	05-06	X	X	.	.
	Ribes Ribes Ribes is a genus of about 150 species of flowering plants native throughout the temperate regions of the Northern Hemisphere. It is usually treated as the only genus in the family Grossulariaceae. Seven subgenera are recognized....	ribes rubrum	04-05	X	X	.	.
	European holly European Holly Ilex aquifolium, holly, or european holly, is a species of holly native to western and southern Europe, northwest Africa and southwest Asia.- Overview :...	ilex aquifolium	05-06	X	X	.	.
	Hedera helix Hedera helix Hedera helix is a species of ivy native to most of Europe and western Asia. It is labeled as an invasive species in a number of areas where it has been introduced.-Description:...	hedera helix	09-10	X	X	X	.
	White mustard White Mustard White mustard is an annual plant of the family Brassicaceae. It is sometimes also referred to as Brassica alba or B. hirta...	sinapis alba	05-09	X	X	.	.
	Hazel Hazel The hazels are a genus of deciduous trees and large shrubs native to the temperate northern hemisphere. The genus is usually placed in the birch family Betulaceae, though some botanists split the hazels into a separate family Corylaceae.They have simple, rounded leaves with double-serrate margins...	corylus avellana	01-03	.	X	.	X
	Dandelion	taraxacum officinale	05-06	X	X	.	.
	Salix caprea	salix caprea	02-04	X	X	.	.
	White clover White clover Trifolium repens, the white clover , is a species of clover native to Europe, North Africa, and West Asia...	trifolium repens	05-07	X	X	.	.
	Coltsfoot Coltsfoot Tussilago farfara, commonly known as Coltsfoot, is a plant in the family Asteraceae.It has been used medicinally as a cough suppressant. The name "tussilago" itself means "cough suppressant." The plant has been used historically to treat lung ailments such as asthma as well as various coughs by way...	tussilago farfara	02-04	.	X	.	.

Mediterranean plants

Image	Common name	Latin name	Flowering months	Nectar	Pollen	Propolis	Honeydew
|Almond Almond The almond , is a species of tree native to the Middle East and South Asia. Almond is also the name of the edible and widely cultivated seed of this tree...	prunus dulcis	02-04	X	X	.	.
	Strawberry tree	arbutus unedo	10-01	X	.	.	.
	Buxus Buxus Buxus is a genus of about 70 species in the family Buxaceae. Common names include box or boxwood ....	buxus sempervirens	04-05	X	X	.	.
	Viburnum tinus Viburnum tinus Viburnum tinus is a species of flowering plant in the genus Viburnum, belonging to the family Adoxaceae. Laurus signifies the leaves' similarities to bay laurel; tinus means "tenth born".-Description: It is a shrub reaching up to 2-7 m tall, with a dense, rounded crown...	viburnum tinus	02-06	X	X	.	.
	Rosemary Rosemary Rosemary, , is a woody, perennial herb with fragrant, evergreen, needle-like leaves and white, pink, purple or blue flowers, native to the Mediterranean region. It is a member of the mint family Lamiaceae, which includes many other herbs, and is one of two species in the genus Rosmarinus...	rosmarinus officinalis	11-04	X	X	.	.
	Thyme Thyme Thyme is a culinary and medicinal herb of the genus Thymus.-History:Ancient Egyptians used thyme for embalming. The ancient Greeks used it in their baths and burnt it as incense in their temples, believing it was a source of courage...	thymus vulgaris	04-09	X	.	.	.

Mountain plants

Image	Common name	Latin name	Flowering months	Nectar	Pollen	Propolis	Honeydew
	Garden angelica Garden Angelica Angelica archangelica, commonly known as Garden Angelica, Holy Ghost, Wild Celery, and Norwegian angelica, is a biennial plant from the Apiaceae family Apiaceae family, formerly known as Umbelleferae...	angelica sylvestris	07-08	X	X	.	.
	Arnica montana Arnica montana Arnica montana, known commonly as leopard's bane, wolf's bane, mountain tobacco and mountain arnica, is a European flowering plant with large yellow capitula....	arnica montana	07-08	X	X	.	.
	Erica Erica Erica ,the heaths or heathers, is a genus of approximately 860 species of flowering plants in the family Ericaceae. The English common names "heath" and "heather" are shared by some closely related genera of similar appearance....	erica cinerea	07-09	X	X	.	.
	Calluna Calluna Calluna vulgaris is the sole species in the genus Calluna in the family Ericaceae. It is a low-growing perennial shrub growing to tall, or rarely to and taller, and is found widely in Europe and Asia Minor on acidic soils in open sunny situations and in moderate shade...	calluna vulgaris	08-10	X	X	.	.
	Sweet chestnut Sweet Chestnut Castanea sativa is a species of the flowering plant family Fagaceae, the tree and its edible seeds are referred to by several common names such Sweet Chestnut or Marron. Originally native to southeastern Europe and Asia Minor, it is now widely dispersed throughout Europe and parts of Asia, such as...	castanea sativa	06-07	X	X	.	X
	Milk thistle Milk thistle The milk thistle is a thistle of the genus Silybum Adans., a flowering plant of the daisy family . They are native to the Mediterranean regions of Europe, North Africa and the Middle East...	Silybum marianum	07-08	X	X	.	.
	Fireweed Fireweed Epilobium angustifolium, commonly known as Fireweed , Great Willow-herb , or Rosebay Willowherb , is a perennial herbaceous plant in the willowherb family Onagraceae...	epilobium angustifolium	07-09	X	X	.	.
	Acer platanoides	acer pseudoplatanus	03-04	X	X	X	X
	Acer pseudoplatanus	acer platanoides	05-06	X	X	.	X
	Raspberry Raspberry The raspberry or hindberry is the edible fruit of a multitude of plant species in the genus Rubus, most of which are in the subgenus Idaeobatus; the name also applies to these plants themselves...	rubus idaeus	06-07	X	X	.	.
	Gentiana lutea Gentiana lutea Gentiana lutea is a species of gentian native to the mountains of central and southern Europe. Other names include 'Yellow Gentian', 'Bitter Root', 'Bitterwort', 'Centiyane', and 'Genciana'.-Growth:...	gentiana lutea	07-08	X	X	.	.
	Hellebore Hellebore Commonly known as hellebores, members of the genus Helleborus comprise approximately 20 species of herbaceous perennial flowering plants in the family Ranunculaceae, within which it gave its name to the tribe of Helleboreae...	helleborus niger	01-04	X	X	.	.
	Boxthorn Boxthorn Boxthorn is a genus of the nightshade family , containing about 90 species of plants native throughout much of the temperate and subtropical zones of the world...	lycium barbarum	07-08	X	X	.	.
	Blueberry Blueberry Blueberries are flowering plants of the genus Vaccinium with dark-blue berries and are perennial...	vaccinium myrtillus	05-06	X	X	.	.
	Snowdrop Snowdrop Galanthus is a small genus of about 20 species of bulbous herbaceous plants in the Amaryllis family, subfamily Amaryllidoideae...	galanthus nivalis	01-03	X	X	.	.
	Rhododendron Rhododendron Rhododendron is a genus of over 1 000 species of woody plants in the heath family, most with showy flowers...	Rhododendron ferrugineum	06-08	X	X	.	.
	Silver fir Silver Fir Abies alba, commonly known as the European silver fir, is a fir native to the mountains of Europe, from the Pyrenees north to Normandy, east to the Alps and the Carpathians, and south to southern Italy and northern Serbia.-Description:...	abies alba	05	.	X	.	X
	Savory Savory (herb) Satureja is a genus of aromatic plants of the family Lamiaceae, related to rosemary and thyme. There are about 30 species called savories, of which Summer savory and Winter savory are the most important in cultivation.-Description:...	satureja montana	07-08	X	.	.	.
	Wild thyme Wild thyme Thymus serpyllum, known by the common names of Breckland Thyme, Wild Thyme or Creeping Thyme is a species of thyme native to most of Europe and North Africa. It is a low, usually prostrate subshrub growing to 2 cm tall with creeping stems up to 10 cm long, with oval evergreen leaves...	thymus serpyllum	06-09	X	.	.	.
	Rowan Rowan The rowans or mountain-ashes are shrubs or small trees in genus Sorbus of family Rosaceae. They are native throughout the cool temperate regions of the Northern Hemisphere, with the highest species diversity in the mountains of western China and the Himalaya, where numerous apomictic microspecies...	sorbus aucuparia	05-06	X	X	X	.

Cultured plants

Image	Common name	Latin name	Flowering months	Nectar	Pollen	Propolis	Honeydew
	Sunflower Sunflower Sunflower is an annual plant native to the Americas. It possesses a large inflorescence . The sunflower got its name from its huge, fiery blooms, whose shape and image is often used to depict the sun. The sunflower has a rough, hairy stem, broad, coarsely toothed, rough leaves and circular heads...	helianthus annuus	07-08	X	X	.	.
	Lavender Lavender The lavenders are a genus of 39 species of flowering plants in the mint family, Lamiaceae. An Old World genus, distributed from Macaronesia across Africa, the Mediterranean, South-West Asia, Arabia, Western Iran and South-East India...	Lavandula intermedia	06-07	X	X	.	.