does bedrock affect honey yield

[victor meldrew]

Ps. Think of the recent deposits of sand from the Sahara . Think ,the volcanic dust cloud that blanketed most of Northern Europe , multiply by a few millennia and you will find that the bedrock under lying the top soil is less influential that would at first appear!
VM


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[newportbuzz]

think of groundwater.

 

[mbc]

What seems to be coming across form the answers is that bedrock doesnt affect honey yeild!

 

[Tdf]

What seems to be coming across form the answers is that bedrock doesnt affect honey yeild!

However it is hard to imagine that no correlation exists since soil type does affect honey yeild.
And soil type is a byproduct of the bedrock it is on and the chemical nature of that bedrock.

i am not trying to deminish the importance of the other factors like management agriculture etc but to add another level of depth to my apiary siting criteria.

I think your looking into this too much, all you really need to be looking for is an area with good thick ditches and an easily accessible site. There are too many variables to be including bedrock type imo

 

[oliver90owner]

McCrud has partly covered the problem.

I would start by saying bedrock is not the same as topsoil, but that is only the part of it. Weather can have a surprising effect too. Just think of precipitation per eg.

Cannot remember exactly the time on this long u-toob 'clip', but it is in the first (or an early) section (first half hour!) where it is explained how the Sahara (I think) fertilises the Brazilian rain forest.

[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=38peWm76l-U"]Earth From Space HD 1080p / Nova - YouTube[/ame]

A super video to watch, if you have the patience. Shows how many more things are inter-connected than many realise.

RAB

 

[bontbee]

My two pennorth, FWIW

my bees that are on limestone rarely yield anything other than very light honey, (apart from a bit of heather from the ORSandstone).

The bees I have on millstone grits rarely yield anything other than medium.

In terms of quantity of yield, they all yield reasonably well, but I think for different reasons: the limestone bees have mainly rural flows, plus what they can gather over the sea(!), but as they are at the western end of the peninsula they enjoy more dry days. The grit bees are wetter, but have the benefit of both suburbian and rural flows...

 

[madasafish]

Milestone grit and sandstone and clay here and the odd outcrop of coal.. (the North Staffs coalfield ends just outside our garden - there are diggings in the local field - capped.)

As there is no arable land within 3 miles due to the wet valleys and woods we have, honey is light and very delicately scented (just like me in fact