蜜蜂主要食料的来源,是花蜜和花粉。能分泌花蜜供蜜蜂采集的植物,叫蜜源植物;能产生花粉供蜜蜂采集的植物,叫粉源植物。在养蜂实践上,常把它们通称为蜜源植物。无论是野生植物或栽培植物,凡能提供大量商品蜜的,称为主要蜜源植物;仅能维持蜂群生活和繁殖的,称为 The main source of bee food is nectar and pollen. Plants that can secrete nectar for bee collection, called nectar plants; plants that produce pollen for bee collection, called pollen plants. In beekeeping practice, they are often referred to as nectar plants. Whether wild plants or cultivated plants, who can provide a large number of commercial honey, known as the main nectar source plants; only to maintain the colony life and breeding, known as