I am pretty happy with my buckwheat. After the extra hot spring weather brought early flowering on many trees and shrubs, I wanted to make sure the bees didn’t go hungry later in the summer. I sowed the buckwheat seed in an area of soil which had been dug and flattened for the septic tank runoff, but won’t be completed with the drainage until the plumbing is finished later in the year. We had a couple good rains, and 4 weeks later the first flowers were out and filled with bees every morning. A rainy and hot month later the plants are almost as tall as me and full of flowers.
Buckwheat only releases nectar in the morning, so the bees seem to be very business like and efficient in harvesting. They carry a good amount of pale yellow-green pollen as well.
Buckwheat honey sounds interesting – people either love it or not. I’m keen to try it, but mostly I want the bees to have plenty of food in winter.
Absent Gardener 
Plus point must be the very pretty flowers for you! Your reward for your concern for the bees.
Marvellous!
These are beautiful images. And amazing observations.
Thank you 🙂
When you said triangular seeds I checked out its Latin name and found out it is what they call “sarrasin” or “black wheat” in French. It is used a lot here in their savoury pancakes and I love them. Also it is used in products for the gluten intolerant over here. I had fancied trying it this year and now that I’ve see your bees on the flowers it has spurred me on to try and find a place for it. Amelia
It certainly has been a success for the bees. I’m not sure how easy it will be to get the seeds before birds or rodents do. We eat it in pancakes as well. Thanks for the info – I have read the word sarrasin but didn’t know that was buckwheat.
Wonderful photos. I have never seen buckwheat flowers before. They are beautiful.