06/23/2026
🍀🐝 Clover flow is on in the Philadelphia area.
With a proboscis averaging about 6–7 mm, honey bees are well adapted to forage white clover nectar, making it one of the most important early-summer nectar sources in our region. A strong clover bloom can support both brood rearing and surplus honey production.
Bees often work clover most heavily during warm afternoons when nectar secretion peaks, and nectar production is especially strong following adequate soil moisture. While white clover is highly accessible to honey bees, red clover's deeper florets are often more efficiently worked by long-tongued bumble bees.
If you're seeing steady incoming nectar and bright white wax being built, the clover flow may be contributing more than you think.
