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Honey flowers

Discover the plants that feed bees and shape the diversity of honeys. Each profile presents their characteristics, flowering period, and beekeeping value.

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Acacia / Blue Mimosa
MarsAprilMai

Acacia / Blue Mimosa

Acacia cyanophylla / Acacia saligna

  • Cap Bon
  • North-East
  • Tunisia's Coast
  • Siliana
  • Mountain Honey / Wildflower

Introduced for dune fixation and reforestation, it produces abundant globular yellow flowers.

Aleppo Pine (Honeydew)
AugustSeptemberOctober

Aleppo Pine (Honeydew)

Pinus halepensis

  • Le Kef
  • Siliana
  • Kasserine
  • Zaghouan

Pine forests providing an important source of honeydew in hot and humid weather.

Algerian Rosemary / Wild Rosemary of the Steppes
OctoberNovemberDecemberJanuary

Algerian Rosemary / Wild Rosemary of the Steppes

Rosmarinus algeriensis

  • Kasserine
  • Gafsa
  • Sidi Bouzid
  • Mountain Honey / Wildflower

A species of rosemary better adapted to the arid conditions of the high plateaus and desert edges.

Almond Tree
JanuaryFebruary

Almond Tree

Prunus dulcis / Prunus amygdalus

  • Sfax
  • Sidi Bouzid
  • Kairouan
  • North of Tunisia
  • Cap Bon

First major bloom of the year, crucial for stimulating spring brood development.

Arfej
MarsAprilMai

Arfej

Rhanterium suaveolens

  • Southern Tunisia
  • Tataouine
  • Médenine
  • Kebili

Key plant of the pre-Saharan sandy steppe of Tunisia, with a pleasant scent after the rain.

Armed Astragalus / Steppe Astragalus
AprilMai

Armed Astragalus / Steppe Astragalus

Astragalus armatus

  • Kasserine
  • Sidi Bouzid
  • Siliana
  • Le Kef
  • Mountain Honey / Wildflower

Thorny shrub forming large prickly cushions in steppes and arid mountains.

Borage
MarsAprilMai

Borage

Borago officinalis

  • North of Tunisia
  • Wetlands of Jendouba and Béja
  • Zaghouan
  • Mountain Honey / Wildflower

Wild plant of wastelands and rubble, with star-shaped blue flowers rich in clear nectar.

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FebruaryMarsApril

Broad bean

Vicia faba

  • Agricultural zones and oases of Tunisia

Legume cultivated in Tunisian agricultural and oasis systems, visited by several wild and domestic bees.

Capitate Thyme
JuneJuly

Capitate Thyme

Thymus capitatus / Thymbra capitata

  • Kasserine (Jebel Chaambi)
  • Zaghouan
  • Siliana
  • Limestone heights of Bizerte
  • Thyme Honey
  • Mountain Honey / Wildflower

Aromatic wild plant growing on sun-exposed arid, rocky limestone hills.

Carob Tree
SeptemberOctoberNovember

Carob Tree

Ceratonia siliqua

  • Zaghouan
  • Siliana
  • Béja
  • Nabeul
  • Bizerte
  • Carob Honey

Mediterranean tree typical of calcareous soils, offering precious autumn flowering.

Carvi
AprilMaiJune

Carvi

Carum carvi

  • North and Center (agricultural zones, fruit-growing plains of the governorates of Zaghouan, Nabeul, Béja)
  • North and Central Tunisia (Cap Bon, Tunisian Dorsale, olive groves and wastelands)
  • Caraway honey

Carvi (Carum carvi) is an aromatic plant from the Apiaceae family. It produces small white flowers, sometimes slightly pink, grouped in umbels. This open floral structure allows bees and many other pollinating insects to easily access nectar and pollen.

Citrus (Orange, Lemon, Mandarin)
MarsAprilMai

Citrus (Orange, Lemon, Mandarin)

Citrus sinensis / Citrus aurantium

  • Cap Bon (Nabeul, Menzel Bouzelfa, Soliman, Beni Khalled)
  • Citrus / Orange Blossom Honey

Intensively cultivated in fertile coastal plains, producing intensely fragrant flowers.