Although scorned by dairy and cash crop farmers as a weed, this showy perennial is cherished by beekeepers as a late season nectar and pollen bonanza.
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| A late summer banquet for pollinators. |
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| Plumes more lovely than nuggets of gold. |
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| Honey bees harvesting the bounty. |
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| A young honey bee drinking up nectar. |
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| This flat-topped specimen is a Lance-leaved goldenrod. |
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