Madge
Drone Bee
- Joined
- May 17, 2010
- Messages
- 1,373
- Reaction score
- 72
- Location
- Aberdeenshire, Scotland
- Hive Type
- National
- Number of Hives
- 45
I've been meaning to dig some up as well (with permission!) - but a beekeeper who first showed me the importance of butterburs as an early forage for bees (as in, lots of bees happily busy on the flowers) told me to wait until the flowering is over, and then dig them up.