- Joined
- Mar 30, 2011
- Messages
- 37,495
- Reaction score
- 17,936
- Location
- Glanaman,Carmarthenshire,Wales
- Hive Type
- National
- Number of Hives
- Too many - but not nearly enough
Do you notice a difference on forage coming in to flower? My main apiary is on the highest point around here (a lofty 150m) but the blackthorn, brambłe etc is always the latest to flower compared to lower points around. My other apiary is more in the foothills a few miles away - a massive 50m lower!
I only took on the Carreg apiary (210m - compared to Brynmair 95m) middle of 2014 season but there is a three to four week difference between the two. The association apiary is over the other side of the mountain at the same elevation as Brynmair, but being nearer the sea it's a week or two earlier again.