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Title: My bee's at work
Post by: Irwin on June 28, 2009, 05:19:51 pm
I was mowing my neighbor's lawn and this is what I found my bees at work :-D

http://picasaweb.google.com/irwin453/019?authkey=Gv1sRgCLvL9Med9ObE4gE#
Title: Re: My bee's at work
Post by: NasalSponge on June 28, 2009, 09:59:18 pm
Nice...blackberries?
Title: Re: My bee's at work
Post by: Kathyp on June 28, 2009, 10:02:29 pm
irwin, what is the yellow? 
Title: Re: My bee's at work
Post by: asprince on June 28, 2009, 10:08:32 pm
I was mowing my neighbor's lawn and this is what I found my bees at work :-D




Wish you were my neighbor.


Steve
Title: Re: My bee's at work
Post by: Irwin on June 28, 2009, 10:46:34 pm
irwin, what is the yellow? 
I don't know just a weed.
Title: Re: My bee's at work
Post by: Bee Happy on June 28, 2009, 10:51:53 pm
nice pics. I missed the blackberry flow, with the hives being nucs in buildup mode. I'm already hoping I can catch it as a monofloral next year. It grows wild all over the place here.
Title: Re: My bee's at work
Post by: Dane Bramage on June 29, 2009, 02:10:22 pm
irwin, what is the yellow? 
I don't know just a weed.

birdsfoot trefoil.  my bees are working that (in addition to blackberry, etc.,) right now as well.

(http://i41.tinypic.com/34sflfn.jpg)
Title: Re: My bee's at work
Post by: Irwin on June 30, 2009, 09:36:00 am
Thank's Dane :) Where you been.
Title: Re: My bee's at work
Post by: Dane Bramage on June 30, 2009, 10:40:05 am
Thank's Dane :) Where you been.

YW  :) - I been buried under a big... pile... of... WORK.   :-P  (wish I had more time for photos, etc.,)
Title: Re: My bee's at work
Post by: Kathyp on June 30, 2009, 11:05:00 am
hey dane.  was wondering where you'd gone also.  thanks for the ID.  guess i don't have any.
Title: Re: My bee's at work
Post by: Dane Bramage on July 01, 2009, 01:57:11 am
Hi Kathy,

I was thinking about you over there & wondering how your season has been progressing.  Severe Winter (record cold) and a wildly fluctuating Spring (cold, then hot, then rainy & cold) seemed to delay, cook & then wash off a lot of the good early flow (maple, cherry, apple, pear, etc.,) here.  Lots of swarms about.  Strange season so far... delayed a bit (I also did splits) but the blackberry is & has been rocking.  The weather had been mostly conducive for that and I am looking forward to some harvest soon.  Forecast is for more "cook-off" weather later this week though: bone dry & 90°F+'s!, which might bring an end to the blackberry flow... probably will.  :roll:  Nights are forecast to be cool at least.  8-)

I hope you get an awesome surplus/harvest this year.  Maybe those May rains were kind to you?

Oh, & the trefoil is a good nectar producer and also good forage (http://www.outsidepride.com/catalog/Birdsfoot-Trefoil-Legume-Seed-p-17408.html) (ruminant grazing legume).

Cheers,
Dane
Title: Re: My bee's at work
Post by: Kathyp on July 01, 2009, 11:02:38 am
hasn't been bad.  much better than last year.  early build up was good and late spring flow has been strong.  if i could keep the swallows from eating so many bees, all would be great.  sounds like we were a little more moderate than you.

not sure how i'll do yet.  keeping my fingers crossed.  any excess would be a +.  the last two years have been sad.

expect to see picks of your honey again this year!! 
Title: Re: My bee's at work
Post by: Dane Bramage on July 05, 2009, 11:35:24 pm
That's great news Kathy!  I'm keeping my finger's crossed here too.  So far I'm 0/2 on the June & July harvests.  June is the rarest one... has to be mild Winter and early Spring for me to catch any surplus from the maple, berries & fruit trees.  July (Blackberry) has been awesome with a surplus every year thus far.  Not this time :'( though they've packed their brood chambers well and the purple loosestrife is coming in right on schedule as the blackberry finishes out.  Loads of clover, birdsfoot trefoil & then jasmine, mints, herbs, etc., and all the summer bloomers will hopefully produce.  Who knows.. maybe there will be a nice fall with some late harvest action.

How's your season going Irwin?

I'm gonna go cry in a jar of last year's honey.   ;)

Cheers,
Dane