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Online Ben Framed

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Re: What's blooming in southeastern US?
« Reply #20 on: January 18, 2020, 10:03:59 am »
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Re: What's blooming in southeastern US?
« Reply #21 on: January 19, 2020, 08:10:57 am »
Quote from: Bob Wilson on January 17, 2020, 08:30:03 am
Yes2matt. It is stuff like dead nettle that I do not even recognize that will keep me confused about when pollen or nectar is available.

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Re: What's blooming in southeastern US?
« Reply #22 on: January 21, 2020, 07:58:22 am »
Maples are blooming in north Florida.
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Re: What's blooming in southeastern US?
« Reply #23 on: January 22, 2020, 08:23:29 am »
Quote from: sawdstmakr on January 21, 2020, 07:58:22 am
Maples are blooming in north Florida.

60 footer on my delivery route opened up wide just in time to get slapped with 23 degree nights.   :oops:
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Re: What's blooming in southeastern US?
« Reply #24 on: January 22, 2020, 11:44:37 pm »
Same here yes2matt. Although we are about to climb back into the 57/40 range again. I wonder how long it will take for blooms to re-emerge.
I have become an even more avid nature observer because if beekeeping.
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Re: What's blooming in southeastern US?
« Reply #25 on: January 26, 2020, 04:32:45 pm »
Temperatures are around 58/39 for the forseeable future.
Forsythia is beginning to bloom. Dianthus as well.
I guess this means spring has sprung in mid-Georgia. I am as nervous as a cat in a roomful of rocking chairs. I suppose I need to start giving room in the hive. Time for empty frames in the brood box, or wait another few weeks? Last year I caught my swarm at the beginning of March. That is 5 weeks away.
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Re: What's blooming in southeastern US?
« Reply #26 on: January 26, 2020, 05:12:26 pm »
Mr. Wilson, I got a laugh from that cat in a room full of rocking chairs.  Glad to see someone has bees flying and bringing in pollen.  My area, N. Arkansas, has a few weeks until we see flowers; like maybe 6 weeks???

So are all your hives looking good, with flying bees?  I hope so.  To date, all my hives have flying bees as noted on the few days of warmth, 43-47F+.

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Re: What's blooming in southeastern US?
« Reply #27 on: January 26, 2020, 05:48:29 pm »
Van. I just have the one hive. If swarming starts here around the beginning of March, when do I start expanding the hive with empty frames? I suppose the answer is, "Open up the hive on a warm day and check to see."
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Re: What's blooming in southeastern US?
« Reply #28 on: January 27, 2020, 10:06:36 am »
Mr. Wilson, when the queen runs out of room to lay, she will begin swarming mode.  She, the bees,  will make queens cells and you can make splits if you wish.
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Re: What's blooming in southeastern US?
« Reply #29 on: January 27, 2020, 11:49:06 am »
52 degrees, wet and overcast, and the girls are starting to come out.
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