Privy Hedge

**Sam Fugate** · 08-29-2012, 03:32 PM

I have approx 400 feet of Privy hedge that is 12-14 foot tall. Do bees work this plant in the spring for pollen ? I hope so.

**Rube63** · 08-29-2012, 06:41 PM

Oh Yeah. I'ts outstanding for nectar and makes light honey..

**Sam Fugate** · 08-29-2012, 06:51 PM

That certainly is great news, There's enough of this stuff to keep the girls busy all spring !

**sqkcrk** · 08-29-2012, 07:12 PM

As nicely as I can, isn't it Privet, not privy. Yes, I know what you meant. I just didn't know if other would try to google privy hedge and get a picture of a hedge around an outhouse or what. If I am totally wrong about this I would like to know.

**Sam Fugate** · 08-29-2012, 07:18 PM

Originally Posted by sqkcrk

As nicely as I can, isn't it Privet, not privy. Yes, I know what you meant. I just didn't know if other would try to google privy hedge and get a picture of a hedge around an outhouse or what. If I am totally wrong about this I would like to know.

Thanks, for the polite correction, I was quoting the name from my neighbor, the County Extension Agent. Maybe he said Privet, and my tired ears heard Privy. Either way, I need all the help I can get ! Hope the bees are treating you well.

**sqkcrk** · 08-29-2012, 07:47 PM

Originally Posted by Sam Fugate

Hope the bees are treating you well.

Not too bad. I hope your bees are well too and your crop what you would like.

**RayMarler** · 08-29-2012, 10:44 PM

Bees really go after the privet here, you can hear the buzz from ten or twenty feet away. It makes a good late spring buildup bloom for the bees.

**broodhead** · 10-02-2012, 07:19 PM

If it is Viburnum you are lucky.

**Sam Fugate** · 10-03-2012, 05:20 AM

Originally Posted by broodhead

If it is Viburnum you are lucky.

I don't know what strain it is, I'll do some research.

**Intheswamp** · 10-03-2012, 06:19 AM

There's a strain up in the northeast that I've read isn't really good for honey. What we have down here I think is "chinese" privet and it makes good honey.

Ed

**KQ6AR** · 10-03-2012, 05:15 PM

Out here we have a California Privet that the bees love, but our common landscape privet is a Texas privet & the bees don't work it.

**jim lyon** · 10-03-2012, 06:52 PM

The tall privet hedges in East Texas are a very reliable nectar producer blooming for a few weeks in late April. They also work well as a "privy hedge" if the need arises.