What's flowering as forage in your area

[Ian123]

Limes just coming out Down my way but it’s to cold .......,arrrggghhh

 

[thibault]

Brambles starting to seriously flower, will we get a flow with this type or weather (warm but overcast)? Or do we need some proper sun?

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[Ian123]

No warmth should do it but not sure we will get much before the next band of rain

 

[thedozzer]

Limes just coming out Down my way but it’s to cold .......,arrrggghhh

Hi Ian, from some of the reading i have done on tree nectar, 20c (68f) is warm enough for nectar in lime = Lime tree

but other say 23c = lime-time-is-prime-time

 

[Ian123]

Hi dozzer am sure 20c maybe good enough for some nectar but it’s warm sticky nights that really get lime going. Not sure we are due any, it was the same last year the 1 crap week we had down here was nicely timed with the main flowering.

 

[beebopper]

Hi dozzer am sure 20c maybe good enough for some nectar but it’s warm sticky nights that really get lime going. Not sure we are due any, it was the same last year the 1 crap week we had down here was nicely timed with the main flowering.

More rain over the next few days and bramble coming out good and proper.

 

[mintmoth]

Thanks Enrico. Good to know and be ready for. No brambles in flower here yet.

A week's rain has worked wonders. Today the brambles were thick with open flowers in all the hedgerows.

 

[Murox]

A while ago I spotted what at first sight appeared to be OSR in the distance across a hillside. On further investigation, what I actually saw was just a very big (acre or so) area of Turnip weed , Bast***d cabbage (Rapistrum rugosum). A common weed in agricultural crops, disturbed sites, waste areas, roadsides, and pastures.

 

[beeno]

Brambles and Lime in flower.

 

[Walrus]

Bramble and clover. I have seen bumbles on the bramble and honey bees on the clover.

 

[Curly green fingers]

Just wondering what colour clover pollen is ?

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[beeno]

Just wondering what colour clover pollen is ?

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Brown.

 

[Curly green fingers]

Cheers there's been lots of black, blue, and grey/white pollen going into hives yesterday.

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[Murox]

The grey/white pollen is probably Elder(berry) {Sambucus}

 

[Curly green fingers]

I've never seen the girls working the elderberry before interesting..

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[enrico]

Very few touch the elderberry. BlackBerry still quite tight hear. Lime in the cusp and could be a humid week!!!!!!!!!
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[thedozzer]

Lime is out here

The girls are visiting the cow-parsley.

and while we were out went to see the wild colony in the church, they have been there 30 years that my good lady knows of.

 

[beeno]

On a flow here. Grey pollen brambles, brown clover and yellow could be lime on the main so I am assuming the nectar is derived from these species too. Some orange and white too. Need to get my microscope out!

 

[Curly green fingers]

Lime is out here

The girls are visiting the cow-parsley.

and while we were out went to see the wild colony in the church, they have been there 30 years that my good lady knows of.

Lovely photos thedozzer .
Blackberry flow is well untruly under way here on the south Shropshire hills .
My United colony's are very busy ... Fingers crossed they fill the brood boxes I'm using as honey supers .

 

[GuyNir]

Lime is out here

The girls are visiting the cow-parsley.

and while we were out went to see the wild colony in the church, they have been there 30 years that my good lady knows of.

Nice pics