Honey from peas

[John Twidle]

The farmer where I keep bees had his entire oilseed rape fail over the Winter so is shortly going to plant peas instead. Does anyone know if they give a reasonable honey?

 

[Finman]

.bees do not visit in peas, and peas do not need bees.

 

[Ian123]

Peas or beans?

 

[John Twidle]

He definitely said peas.

 

[Erichalfbee]

He definitely said peas.

Then sadly no.

 

[John Twidle]

Thanks for the advice. Now it's got to be Plan B - as soon as I work out what Plan B is!!!

 

[masterBK]

Peas are self pollinating with the stigma and anthers within a closed corolla preventing access by insects. However they can be cross pollinated by hand if you cut open the corolla to gain access to the stigma and anthers. This is a major reason why Gregor Mendel chose peas as the experimental species when trying to work out various aspects of genetics (leading to Mendels first and second laws of inheritance).

 

[charlievictorbravo]

Ogden Nash -
"I eat my peas with honey,
I've done it all my life;
It makes the peas taste funny,
But it keeps them on the knife."

Just thought I'd throw that thought into the peas/honey bee discussion!

CVB

 

[Michael Palmer]

I have an apiary where the farmer uses peas ias a nurse crop n his newly planted hay fields. I've never seen bees working the peas.

 

[citrus]

The farmer where I keep bees had his entire oilseed rape fail over the Winter so is shortly going to plant peas instead. Does anyone know if they give a reasonable honey?

Didnt John Lennon write that great song about peas ?

Maybe it was about bee keeping

'Give Peas a chance ? '

 

[Erichalfbee]

'Give Peas a chance ? '

Give peas a chance has been vandalised and now reads HELCH

 

[citrus]

Give peas a chance has been vandalised and now reads HELCH

haha ...very true...tho dont see witty graffiti tho

 

[tonyofarr]

Didnt John Lennon write that great song about peas ?

Maybe it was about bee keeping

'Give Peas a chance ? '

 

[For want of a better word]

Pease on Earth and goodwill to all men!