Heather honey question.

[biglongdarren]

Is it true that for a good flow on the heather in late summer it needs to be a very wet spring??
is there any truth in this??
Darren

 

[Hivemaker.]

A dripping June puts everything in tune.

 

[itma]

Can't talk specifically of heathers, or seasonal lore, but nectar quantity is dependant on soil moisture.

 

[oliver90owner]

Probably make no difference if it was wet and too cold in the late summer - rain or no rain in the spring.

 

[Amari]

Can't answer your question but what is important in here in East Anglia is drought in July & August. The coastal (Dunwich Heath) heather grows on sandy soils at virtually sea-level. I often take couple of hives in the back of the car to the heather in mid July but during a drought about 4 years ago arrived to find the heather all brown and withered with scarcely a flower to be seen so had to abandon the exercise. Thus in the heat wave last July I didn't bother. Many years I fill two supers per hive.I realise your Mourne heather is at altitude and maybe covered in mist!