Show bees find nectar supply varies as to localities local conditions soils and climate seem to influence the nectar supply ot of plants from which bees gather their raw material science has not solved nearly all the problems raised by the bees in their search for honey material W J nolan bee specialist in the united states department of 0 agriculture notes that alfalfa is a good nectar producer in the area west of the mississippi river but is ot of slight importance to the east buckwheat honey is well known for its dark color and characteristic flavor but nearly all of it comes from a relatively small area near lakes erie and ontario elsewhere in this country buckwheat is a honey plant ot of only slight lm importance white clover is widely grown and is a first class honey source but in certain localities it gives the boncy dee bee little or no nectar |