Alsike clover
Clover of moist meadows flowering all summer; its short florets let honey bees work it easily, making it as productive as white clover.
- Nectar
- Very good
- Pollen
- Medium
- Flowering
- JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
- Height
- 0,3-0,8 m
- Life cycle
- Perennial
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Alsike clover looks like an intermediate between white clover and red clover; despite its scientific name (hybridum) it is not a hybrid but a separate species. The flowers in its white-pink heads have a short tube, so honey bees reach the nectar easily. Nectar secretion is high and considered equal to that of white clover; pollen is moderate.
Flowering
From late May to August; it flowers again after cutting. It adapts well to damp, slightly acidic, heavy soils and to cool climates with frequent rain; in drought secretion drops markedly.
Honey and pollen
Its nectar is usually collected together with that of other clovers and goes into light, mild clover honey.
Note for the beekeeper
- It can be added to bee forage mixtures on the damp highland meadows of the Black Sea region and eastern Anatolia.
- Seed production depends heavily on honey bees; placing hives in seed fields increases yield.