The girls on the gorse at weekend.

[tidymeup]

As the title says a few pictures of my girls on the gorse this weekend just gone.


Honeybees on gorse. by Paul Beardmore, on Flickr


Honeybees on gorse. by Paul Beardmore, on Flickr

 

[grizzly]

Great shots, particularly the top one.

 

[Headnavigator]

Stunning shots, what lens?

 

[tidymeup]

Canon 70-200 f2.8 IS L on a 7D. I love the lens it's amazing.

 

[RoofTops]

I was walking my dog today and came across what I think were my bees working both gorse and pussy willow a quarter of a mile from my house. The pussy willow was the favourite amongst the bees though, by a significant margin.

Unlike Paul I didn't have a camera with me - or the skill to take such shots!

 

[tidymeup]

As I keep my bees rather high the willow is always late so the gorse pretty much all they can get at the moment. However they are around 30 acres of land that has allot of willow once it does flower.

Thanks for thecomments on the photos.

 

[666bees]

Great shots, just googled the lense. At £948 I will give that one a miss.

 

[freethorpe bees]

Lovely pictures, wish I could take ones like that!

 

[CliffDale]

Glad to see bees on gorse. Is it only pollen they are after or does gorse give nectar
Cliff

 

[Vergilius]

Lots of flowering gorse where I am!!!


Ben P

 

[Headnavigator]

Great shots, just googled the lense. At £948 I will give that one a miss.

Worth every penny, wonder how long it will take me to save up for one?

 

[greatbritishhoney]

Great photos. I've got about 10 acres of gorse right next to my apiary just about to come into flower.

 

[tidymeup]

To be honest I have no idea if it provides nectre but they certainly bring in quite a bit of pollen from it.

 

[Liam C Ryan]

Nice photos, what type of bees are they?

 

[greatbritishhoney]

To be honest I have no idea if it provides nectre but they certainly bring in quite a bit of pollen from it.

I'm pretty sure it provides nectar. I'm sure I've got a beekeeping book that mentions nectar from gorse.

 

[tidymeup]

To be honest I have no idea on the strain of bee, their is a possibility of three so your guess is as good as mine.

 

[Poly Hive]

Gorse has a very distinct smell when yielding nectar and it most likely will not be at current temps. If however it is a good 20C+ then yes it may well.

PH

 

[user 6228]

We have lots of gorse within 100m of our hives, and if as usual some of the gorse is in flower all winter and the hive is warm, I wondered how long the bees will keep going to the gorse?