White clover
One of the key honey plants of temperate regions; flowering in pastures and lawns from May to September, it gives abundant nectar, brown pollen and pale clover honey.
- Nectar
- Very good
- Pollen
- Good
- Flowering
- JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
- Honey yield
- 50–150 kg/ha
- Crystallisation
- Fast
- Pollen colour
- Height
- 0,1-0,3 m
- Life cycle
- Perennial
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A legume with creeping stems above ground, native to Europe and western Asia and now spread through pastures, meadows, lawns and roadsides across all temperate regions. Thanks to its short flower tube, honey bees reach the nectar easily. It is one of the main nectar flow sources in northern and central Europe, New Zealand and Canada.
Flowering
It flowers from May to September, again and again after mowing or grazing. Nectar secretion is highest on warm, humid days above about 18 °C and on soils with enough lime and phosphorus; in drought it stops quickly.
Honey and pollen
Clover honey ranges from water white to very pale yellow and is light and mild in taste; with its high glucose content it crystallises quickly and with a fine grain, making it well suited to creamed honey. Its pollen loads are brown.
Note for the beekeeper
In regions with rainy summers it gives a reliable flow. Frequent mowing during flowering and broadleaf herbicides on lawns and pastures remove this source; mowing less often around the apiary extends the flow.