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Bees Are Flocking to Cannabis Farms, Here’s What’s Actually True About ‘Weed Honey.’

Male cannabis and hemp plants release huge quantities of it in mid-to-late summer, which happens to be a lean season for flowering plants in a lot of agricultural landscapes — what researchers call a “floral dearth.” A 2019 Cornell University study published in the journal Environmental Entomology surveyed 11 hemp farms across New York’s Finger Lakes region and identified 355 bees representing 16 different species foraging on the flowers

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