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BEEKEEPING LEARNING CENTER => DOWN UNDER BEEKEEPING => Topic started by: tina on June 04, 2011, 11:41:31 pm

Title: sugar cane
Post by: tina on June 04, 2011, 11:41:31 pm

please does anyone know if bees work flowering sugar cane?

Title: Re: sugar cane
Post by: Grieth on June 05, 2011, 09:32:24 am

I don't know myself, but this post talks about sugar cane
Sugar cane honey discussion thread (http://www.beesource.com/forums/archive/index.php/t-197063.html)
Doesn't look too promising.

Title: Re: sugar cane
Post by: JP on June 05, 2011, 09:48:05 am

Sugar cane is not something they find desirable.


...JP

Title: Re: sugar cane
Post by: tina on June 06, 2011, 03:28:51 am

thanks for the replies and the article   I was told the bees would work the flowers but all the cane here is in flower and the bees aren't touching it, they love the actual peeled cane though.

Title: Re: sugar cane
Post by: ozbee on June 06, 2011, 07:27:38 pm

 no cane flower has no attraction  your nuc will be ready soon

Title: Re: sugar cane
Post by: tina on June 06, 2011, 07:32:11 pm

wonderful thanks

Title: Re: sugar cane
Post by: schawee on June 07, 2011, 11:48:00 pm

my bees are 200 ft. from 8oo acres of sugar cane and they don't work it at all.i never seen flowers on it either.     schawee

Title: Re: sugar cane
Post by: tina on June 08, 2011, 03:12:01 am

must be a different type ,it flowers prolificly here

Title: Re: sugar cane
Post by: tina on June 08, 2011, 03:38:58 am

http://www.google.com.au/imgres?imgurl=http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3011/2643616543_19f4bed734.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.flickr.com/photos/suebbb/page8/&usg=__ALrrNaxcnQas8Bp4ts9AfPN7rb4=&h=349&w=500&sz=145&hl=en&start=10&zoom=1&tbnid=qVtYQEVAeSnMcM:&tbnh=91&tbnw=130&ei=sxjvTdi7HqrdiAK9vozrAQ&prev=/search%3Fq%3Dflowering%2Bsugar%2Bcane%2Bqld%26hl%3Den%26client%3Dfirefox-a%26hs%3DdyX%26sa%3DX%26rls%3Dorg.mozilla:en-US:official%26biw%3D1292%26bih%3D654%26tbm%3Disch%26prmd%3Divns&itbs=1&biw=1292&bih=654 (http://www.google.com.au/imgres?imgurl=http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3011/2643616543_19f4bed734.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.flickr.com/photos/suebbb/page8/&usg=__ALrrNaxcnQas8Bp4ts9AfPN7rb4=&h=349&w=500&sz=145&hl=en&start=10&zoom=1&tbnid=qVtYQEVAeSnMcM:&tbnh=91&tbnw=130&ei=sxjvTdi7HqrdiAK9vozrAQ&prev=/search%3Fq%3Dflowering%2Bsugar%2Bcane%2Bqld%26hl%3Den%26client%3Dfirefox-a%26hs%3DdyX%26sa%3DX%26rls%3Dorg.mozilla:en-US:official%26biw%3D1292%26bih%3D654%26tbm%3Disch%26prmd%3Divns&itbs=1&biw=1292&bih=654)  I hope this link works if it doesn't just type in flowering sugar cane QLD

Title: Re: sugar cane
Post by: bernsad on September 10, 2011, 09:31:12 pm

Tina,
Is that Mt. Tibrogargan in your photo of the flowering sugarcane?