Canola Time

[asprince]

The canola is about three weeks from the start of bloom. If the rain clears, we will be moving hives Sunday. Any one else place their bees on canola?

Let the fun start....canola - clover - squash / cucumbers / cantaloupe - sunflowers

Steve

[AllenF]

Do they grow much canola down there?    The deer mix I planted in the fall had rape in it, but it ain't nowhere near blooming. 

[asprince]

Yes, hundreds of acres. The bees build up really fast while on canola.

Steve

[AllenF]

Sounds good.   So just how fast does canola honey crystallize?

[asprince]

Pretty fast and the bees make lots from it. We don't harvest much honey. We use it to build up our hives, draw wax, and make splits.

Steve

[OPAVP]

First: Rape seed and canola makes little difference. Up here we used to grow and call it rape.
Then they developed a variety with less of a certain acid,and called it canola,

In northern Saskatchewan is a town that had a sign by the road: Jonestown,The Rape Capitol of Canada".

But the sign is gone.

About crystalisation: You've got to warm the frames to extra,most of the time.
I have some cans yet from last year,hard as concrete!

But the bees can do well on Canola.
Depends on the weather,

Greetings from Alberta,Canada.