What's flowering as forage in your area

[Erichalfbee]

This stuff is going for it big time here..150 yards from the nucs but they have not touched it yet..

I find my bees eventually use it when everything else has gone. There’s plenty of clover still
I get quite excited when I see ghost bees but in this area I feel it’s overrated as a nectar source. I leave it for the bees along with the ivy.

 

[For want of a better word]

Thirty supers from this taken off today.... I'm gonna have a cool beer and sit in the hot tub!



Lynher Valley is dusted pink with it........

Chons da

 

[Millet]

What is it.

 

[Erichalfbee]

What is it.

Rosebay
Nice pale honey

 

[Millet]

Rosebay
Nice pale honey

Loads of that on the railway embankment in my Northumberland place..the bees are on it there bringing plenty of blue pollen in..I can not see the picture very clear on my mobile phone that is why I was unsure.

 

[For want of a better word]

Loads of that on the railway embankment in my Northumberland place..the bees are on it there bringing plenty of blue pollen in..I can not see the picture very clear on my mobile phone that is why I was unsure.

I hope you have a good year with it.... worth supering off and bottling separately???... after "ripening" that is!

Chons da

 

[philipm]

We have plenty of it ,but I haven't seen a bee on it yet and it will soon be finished.

 

[Millet]

We have plenty of it ,but I haven't seen a bee on it yet and it will soon be finished.

I have not seen my bees on the willow herb either but I know they are on it through the blue pollen that is coming in.

 

[The Poot in Somerset]

Is the Willowherb and Himalayan Balsom early this year?
Both been in flower here (North Dorset) for some time now.

 

[Ian123]

I’ve got heather on the heath round here with a good pink tinge

 

[philipm]

I think everything is early this year will be picking Blackberries next week and they have more or less finished flowering.

 

[thedozzer]

Lots of Himalayan balsam out and have seen a few of ghost bees so they are starting to forage from it.

 

[citrus]

I think everything is early this year will be picking Blackberries next week and they have more or less finished flowering.

yep had 1kg of blackberries last week from our neighbours overspill

 

[citrus]

I find my bees eventually use it when everything else has gone. There’s plenty of clover still
I get quite excited when I see ghost bees but in this area I feel it’s overrated as a nectar source. I leave it for the bees along with the ivy.

what do you mean by "ghost bees" ?

 

[Millet]

what do you mean by "ghost bees" ?

The bees come back covered in white pollen which gives them a ghostly effect..

 

[citrus]

The bees come back covered in white pollen which gives them a ghostly effect..

ahhh nice one ... mine have access to fields of lavender down the road but when that rolls over I will bear it in mind !

 

[Millet]

ahhh nice one ... mine have access to fields of lavender down the road but when that rolls over I will bear it in mind !

You will know when they have found it as they are covered from head to stinger in the stuff..

 

[thorn]

They're working the goldenrod and the Japanese anemones in my garden, and next-door's privet. There's HB in the Park across the road, but I've not seen any ghosts yet.

 

[Anthony Appleyard]

Around here, garden and municipal flower planting, and fruit trees and bushes, and some wild weed-type plants.

 

[steve1958]

Himalayan balsam here in the south.
Plenty of other stuff too, but fingers crossed they find the balsam soon.