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Offline tycrnp

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Re: Rent for hives
« Reply #20 on: June 09, 2021, 04:32:37 pm »
Not in all Florida Ben, In my area when cabbage palm ends, it over for me. Winter starts in July.

I'm in NW Florida, and we, like Jim, have pretty much year round flow.

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Re: Rent for hives
« Reply #21 on: June 09, 2021, 06:02:29 pm »
Not in all Florida Ben, In my area when cabbage palm ends, it over for me. Winter starts in July.
I get a little late summer  sumac flow that fills my supers

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Re: Rent for hives
« Reply #22 on: June 09, 2021, 08:40:58 pm »
Here at my farm, my bees starve most of the year if I don?t feed them. The only flow is in the spring.
Where I used to live, we sometimes have to pull honey 3 times a year.
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Re: Rent for hives
« Reply #23 on: July 04, 2021, 02:48:00 am »
Not in all Florida Ben, In my area when cabbage palm ends, it over for me. Winter starts in July.
What do you do with the cabbage palm?

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Re: Rent for hives
« Reply #24 on: July 04, 2021, 08:32:36 am »
I leave it for the bees.
Fools argue; wise men discuss.
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