Throughout the daylight hours, bees work cornflowers. The unopened flower buds and seed heads contain extrafloral nectaries. The blossoms can yield 0.43 mg of nectar per blossom daily, while flower buds produce five mg. Cornflowers can provide around 100 pounds of honey per colony.

Do bees like cornflowers?

Bees, like other insects, are attracted to cornflowers - also known as 'bachelor's button'. The annual wild cornflower - Centaurea cyanus, is easy to grow and is frequently added to wildflower seed mixes, or try the sturdier, perennial mountain cornflower - Centaurea montana, which has lovely, silvery leaves.

What do cornflowers attract?

Cornflower (Centaurea cyanus)

The seeds, nectar, pollen, sap, and foliage of cornflowers (also known as bachelor's buttons) nourish birds, bees, and butterflies.