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BEEKEEPING LEARNING CENTER => GENERAL BEEKEEPING - MAIN POSTING FORUM. => Topic started by: Bob Wilson on February 05, 2022, 09:42:21 pm
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When rosemary begins to bloom, swarm season is not too far behind.
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I know the place where. I live there in North Africa... Right along the Mediterranean Ocean..(1983 to 1985) There were thousands upon thousands of acres or hectares... Of Rosemary and Thyme.. I found out later on this is the huge's place. Is along the Mediterranean Ocean...Forl these 2 herbs to grow in a wild.. The locals would pay. Double the money for these 2 kinds of honey. As compared to any other local honey on the market..
BEE HAPPY Jim134 :smile:
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A handful of Maples were blooming here a few weeks ago before these big cold spells. I?m now seeing more budding up. 1-2 weeks more and he busy season will bee here. Can?t wait.
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Red tinged maple trees are appearing around town. I know you northern and western beeks like to see these pics. Hang on...spring is coming.
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Trying to define swarm season has two parts. One to catch some or two to do some swarm control before your hives swam.
Swarm control is best done before the bees have started to think about swarming. We split in early September as the cherries start to blossom. This is no guarantee as when we went back to pickup our hives at the end of pollination we were catching swarms from hives that we thought were not strong enough to swarm.
Remember, bees make the rules, change the rules without consulting the owner.
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Osaka Cherry Tree.
Honey bees are working it, but the honey flow is still 6 weeks away.
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The hives are pulling in water.
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Clover is appearing around town. This flower is on our county's Post Office property. I wonder if she gets government wages?
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My maples are blooming full force now, as is some purplish weed in a field down the road, perhaps henbit or something similar.
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Henbit, I think. Brings in red pollen.
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Henbit, I think. Brings in red pollen.
I did see some red pollen this morning, so you're probably right, Bob.
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My native cherries have started to bloom, and the bees are all over them. Unfortunately it's supposed to get cold and rainy later in the week, so I'll probably have to give them some more honey frames, just to be safe.
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Carolina laurel is full on.
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Henbit is blooming everywhere. I've had to put the queen excluders on, or I will end up with more than 30 medium frames of brood...
Caught two swarms in bait hives, on the same day (March 26) using "Eau de queen cell and old queen" tincture (alcohol base).
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crepe myrtles, should start seeing drones again. :grin:
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Bill,
Crepe Myrtles do not have nectaries. That means they can only provide pollen for your bees. We were told for years that Myrtles make terrible honey by our bee inspector and then his boss gave a speaking lecture and told us about that they don?t have nectaries. Go figure.
Jim Altmiller
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well at least the pollen is there. I was always told they produced nectar, thanks Jim.
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Dearth in middle Georgia.
It seems there are crepe myrtles blooming literally everywhere, but they don't provide any nectar, and apparently very few varieties provide any pollen. Blooms abound, but the bees still have to wait for the goldenrod to come in.
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I do not remember Golden Rod blooming by Aug.12 but I saw some blooming in a bottom where I was brush hogging and someone else on Texas Beekeepers reported thar they saw blooms. Correction That was beekeeping for beginners.
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Finally, after little whiffs of nectar from second-bloom Vitex and just a few early Liriope.....Liriope (Lillyturf) is in full bloom. It's covered with honey bees and bumble bees. Looks like a real flow at the hives.
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9/25/2022
Goldenrod opening up.
Festooning in empty frames.
Small patch of capped drones next to capped worker brood.
Plague of hive beetles.
Happy fall, y'all.
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We've finally got some goldenrod/aster flow the past couple of weeks following a little bit of rain. Good thing the warm weather is holding or my bees wouldn't have gotten any nectar this fall.
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Everything was done here weeks ago... It's too warm, but there is nothing for the bees out there...