Honey Bees can work red clover, but they can't get all the nectar. Sweet clover will grow taller than that, I have seen it as tall as 5 ft tall. You also have some Low Hop in there as well at ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-nBvOhUs_87g.html. It's the little yellow clover-like flowers on the right of the frame.
Yes as well as wasps which don't get their deserved credit either. I always tell people when they plant things for honeybees but the honey bee ignores the plant that they are still helping the honey bee. Planting things that bumble bees and wasps like helps with pollination but also keeps those types of pollinators from competing with honey bees over a different food source.
You mentioned planting in the fall. Did you mow, spray or cultivate before? The timing , did you plant early enough for the seed to germinate before winter? Thanks
I am currently turning fields now. I turn then 2 weeks later I disk and sow seeds . This puts me at the end of September for broadcasting seeds. I am in east TN. Your sowing timing will vary depending on how far north or south you are.
Best is to cultivate your soil. But you can overseed existing plots but it requires more seed. I usually sow crimson and yellow sweet together as the crimson will help keep out the weeds.
Clover can be planted the first of spring but it may die if summer is too hot and may not produce blooms unless it is a white dutch or maybe a ladino. You cannot plant crimson unless it is super early as it blooms very early in the spring. I would wait until fall.
I am located near athens tn. Yes it can be mowed but I know there is a bloat issue with cattle feeding on clover so you will need to check with a cattle expert on that. Yellow sweet clover blooms almost the entire summer so mowing is a bad idea if you are trying to feed bees.
