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Offline hardtime

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what honey bee will do?
« on: February 28, 2009, 04:16:58 pm »
where i live there is alot of wild cherrys  when thay are in bloom i do not see any honey bees on them why? will or can honeybee work the blooms?
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Re: what honey bee will do?
« Reply #1 on: February 28, 2009, 04:31:26 pm »
They do work wild cherry, plum and the privets in my area.

Sometimes it depends if they have another source blooming that they prefer.
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Re: what honey bee will do?
« Reply #2 on: February 28, 2009, 04:38:01 pm »
#1...Bees will work what like best.

#2...Bees will work the most abundant.

#3...Bees will work one source until it is gone before moving to another source.

There may be a source they like better, a source they started on before the cherries bloomed, or a much larger source. Either would stop them from moving to the cherries.
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Re: what honey bee will do?
« Reply #3 on: February 28, 2009, 04:58:58 pm »
Cherries and Pears, are not a high content sugar nectar. As stated, if anything else is better in the area, bees will work the more nutritious or higher sugar nectar source.
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