What's flowering as forage in your area

[Antipodes]

Look a good year for bramble (blackberry) and clover, but we need rain now to keep them going,

 

[Michael Palmer]

Isn't it crazy. Today we finished wrapping the New York apiaries. It's been so cold...yesterday particularly so. Still wrapped hives wearing full winter dress. And today it reached 56˚F. And there it was...Yellow Pollen! They always surprise me. Mid November. Weeks of hard freezes. Every flowering plant brown and dead. And we see yellow pollen coming in.

Perhaps a Witch Hazel in someones garden?

 

[Erichalfbee]

Plenty of Butterbur out by the pond. A few bees out on it at lunchtime

 

[Newbeeneil]

Saw several bramble bushes with flowers on while out walking in the sun today! This mad year......

 

[beeno]

Plenty of Butterbur out by the pond. A few bees out on it at lunchtime

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That's nice to have the white pollen source confirmed as I thought it might have been a bit early.

 

[Erichalfbee]

That's nice to have the white pollen source confirm as I thought it might have been a bit early.

Usually February
Perhaps November is the new February in this topsy turvy year.

 

[Antipodes]

Some clover, but no bees much on it.

 

[Antipodes]

Dogwood pollen.
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[beeno]

Some clover, but no bees much on it.

Better pickings or perhaps it is not yielding yet.

 

[Antipodes]

Better pickings or perhaps it is not yielding yet.

Yes. It looks green, and it is wetter there, but we've only had 12mm for November and nothing more forecast.

 

[Erichalfbee]

The fields around me are awash in Dandelions in the spring and Clover in the summer. Alas the weather was pants for the clover but I got some Dandelion honey

 

[Curly green finger's]

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Some clover, but no bees much on it.

Maybe there's easier forage around.
I've found temps need to be above 20c+
For clover
Afternoons are good time.

 

[Antipodes]

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Maybe there's easier forage around.
I've found temps need to be above 20c+
For clover
Afternoons are good time.

Ok, sounds plausible. We have 28 forecast tomorrow so I'll see.

This next footage is more what's NOT flowering in the area. These brambles were sprayed just as they were starting to flower. All that lovely tasty and healthy fruit gone to waste too.
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[Curly green finger's]

Ok, sounds plausible. We have 28 forecast tomorrow so I'll see.

This next footage is more what's NOT flowering in the area. These brambles were sprayed just as they were starting to flower. All that lovely tasty and healthy fruit gone to waste too.
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Gutted why?! it's not like it's a big stand of brambles.

 

[Antipodes]

Gutted why?! it's not like it's a big stand of brambles.

Yeah...but it did extend all along the road verge for probably 50 meters. A farmer I spoke to reckons it is not the best time to spray them anyhow as they sprout back sort of like strawberry runners from the picture I was getting.

 

[Curly green finger's]

Yeah...but it did extend all along the road verge for probably 50 meters. A farmer I spoke to reckons it is not the best time to spray them anyhow as they sprout back sort of like strawberry runners from the picture I was getting.

True but all the same there was forage there and any flowers left could potentially effect any insects, I hate spraying there's other means of getting rid of brambles albeit there labour intensive.

 

[Curly green finger's]

Strange autumn winter indeed these are flowering in the garden on the farm.
Cow slips in November.
And the strawberry tree.

 

[Erichalfbee]

I have cowslips out in the garden and some holly and the dandelions have been in flower in bits and pieces since April.

 

[Curly green finger's]

I have cowslips out in the garden and some holly and the dandelions have been in flower in bits and pieces since April.

There's also annual poppy's still flowering.. On the way to the farm this morning there was bramble flowering still.
My polys at home on the hill have been flowering for an age.
Strange autumn indeed for the bee's
Yesterday morning at 5am it was - 5
Today at 5am 11c crazy temps.

My wife said the Italians are trying to Rob hives again today.
They have stores a plenty it's not like they have none.

 

[Newbeeneil]

I've borage just about to flower in my garden! Strange year.