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Ben Framed:
That is awesome news Max, wishing you the VERY BEST!

Phillip

max2:
The jaboticabas are done for now. The Brazilian Cherries are out in full bloom.
I have seen the first of the Deep Yellow-wood flowering.

Plenty of Clover out as well.

We could do with some rain..

max2:
This is getting close to our peak time for flowering and thus honey production and a good time for splits.
Of course it all depends on the weather: too dry and some of the plants will produce less or not at all.
In our catchment Eucalypts are generally fairly reliable after good rain has replenished groundwater.
Very few eucalypts are reliable producers year after year, indeed some can have a long spell of little flowering for many years.
We always live in hope!
Right now we have the following plants flowering or budding in the SE of our state:
- Blue Gum
- some of the ironbarks
- Hairy Bush Pea
- Mugga
- Grey Iron bark
- Red Bottle Brush
- Scribbly Gum
- Swamp Mahogany
- White Clover
- White Mahogany
- Wild May
- Tallow wood
- Deep Yellow Wood

max2:
The Silky Oaks are flowering.
They do like the dry weather but I can't tell if this affects nectar production.
Tecoma, a weed, is also flowering along the roads to one of my yards.
The Blackberries are flowering - could be a good crop if the weather stays dry.

max2:
There is a nice flow on.
Readers in the SE Qld area check your hives.
I had one hive ( see another post for some details) I took a full 1/2 super off on the 27. September and did the same again on the 4. October. This is a hive I made a slpit from. The hive has a Tiger Queen#
Looking at /tasting the honey I would guess that the white Clover is delivering. The Crimson Clover in our pasture is also doing well and i saw bees working it late yesterday.
The Blue Gum seems to have a rest but if we get the rain which is predicted, it will take off again.
There another 8 hives with FD supers to take honey off but I won't tackle them on my own.
Each harvest off these hives generally yields about 18kg of honey per super ( we leave two frames behind, always done this, just in case)

# tiger queens: I would like to know more about them. My mate BW tells me that they are a trowback. I have always found that Tigers are either the best honey producers in a yard...or shortlived.
I will have a couple of queens of this lot soon.

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