Ragwort

[Millet]

I know it is poisonous to horses but the bees are loving it and there is no shortage of it..obviously the honey produced from must be harmless to us and the bees..
Here is a few pictures from today.

 

[madasafish]

Nice pics

 

[Erichalfbee]

Lovely pictures
Isn’t Ragwort honey unpalatable?

 

[mike99]

Great pictures Steve. I don't seem to get any that aren't blurred.

 

[Millet]

Lovely pictures
Isn’t Ragwort honey unpalatable?

God knows D..it will obviously be mixed with loads of other nectar so i dare say the percentage of Ragwort nectar in the honey is fractional..

 

[Erichalfbee]

God knows D..it will obviously be mixed with loads of other nectar so i dare say the percentage of Ragwort nectar in the honey is fractional..

Not your honey...I'm sure it will be perfect
I meant Ragwort honey in general
You do get years when the bees collect a significant amount. It's quite yellow

 

[For want of a better word]

Great for the Cinnabar moth!

 

[philipm]

Always thought it produced a very bitter honey.

 

[Newbeeneil]

Great for the Cinnabar moth!

Like this?

 

[Murox]

The caterpillars eat ragwort (almost) exclusively - got loads of it all over the place up here and loads of the two sorts of cinnabar too.

 

[Millet]

Like this?

Did you take that picture through your bathroom window....just messing them cinnabar caterpillars love the stuff..

 

[Newbeeneil]

Did you take that picture through your bathroom window....just messing them cinnabar caterpillars love the stuff..

I took it on my phone that I use while beekeeping....... it gets all sorts of **** on the lense.

 

[Millet]

I took it on my phone that I use while beekeeping....... it gets all sorts of **** on the lense.

I know what cark gets on the lense as thee does the same with the owld mobile.. the bees don't like the thing though....