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- Number of Hives
- Too many - but not nearly enough
it gives her windWhat's the problem with garlic chives? Do they become invasive?
it gives her windWhat's the problem with garlic chives? Do they become invasive?
Only if you don't eat themWhat's the problem with garlic chives? Do they become invasive?
That's very pessimistic Eric, maybe thieves are more common in the Home Counties. I've not heard of any hive rustling in these parts in 23 years and Norfolk is probably the same.May feel secure and you are determined, but it sounds risky to me (but then I've had a colony taken from a more secure site than this). You haven't confirmed it, but I guess that the private road is accessible from the public. Once word gets out - it will, in time - it only takes a few minutes to load hives into a Transit.
Hugely invasive. I’ve spent the last 7 years trying to eradicate them from my large border. They spread by seed and bulblets that break away from the main bulb. These are so tiny (smaller than a grain of rice) that it’s easy to miss a few and so it goes on.What's the problem with garlic chives? Do they become invasive?
Yes, I probably worry too much. On the other hand, when it happens it is a nasty experience and ends the use of that apiary (they might come back).That's very pessimistic Eric, maybe thieves are more common in the Home Counties. I've not heard of any hive rustling in these parts in 23 years and Norfolk is probably the same.
Think it also ofc depends on how close you plant them if they've got plenty of other sources - sure I read an abstract/summary of a study once that found bees will preferentially forage a certain distance from the hive - the reason suggested was that waggle-dances didn't work when recruiting other foragers to within feet of where they already are - I could be wrong though, I've seen mine on phacelia and borage by the hives but more often they seem to get little attention, same with damp areas near hives where they choose similarly puddled and muddy areas 50m away a favoured source of water.Depends. If you plant crocus, snowdrops, hellebores, winter honeysuckle and willow they won’t.
My hives are surrounded by crocusThink it also ofc depends on how close you plant them if they've got plenty of other sources
It'd be interesting to know! Well beyond my brainpower though. I wonder if the crocus are one of few things flowering so early and so beggars can't be choosy?My hives are surrounded by crocus
They seem to find them no problem.
Perhaps they don’t need waggles? Perhaps each bee stumbles upon a flower by accident.
Reveal the detail, Terry.thats where I am from
I read the answer without reading who you were replying to. I assumed it was JBMYes, I probably worry too much. On the other hand, when it happens it is a nasty experience and ends the use of that apiary (they might come back).
Very smart, Terry, almost not London. I've been in Hackney for 35 years (before gentrification arrived).Lived in Barnet for 30 odd years!!
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