Two weeks in to October and the Girls are still bringing in pollen. And a Lot of it ! Thank goodness for the Goldenrod and all the other plants that bloom in the fall.
10/12/12 and the girls are working hard
Two weeks in to October and the Girls are still bringing in pollen. And a Lot of it ! Thank goodness for the Goldenrod and all the other plants that bloom in the fall.
What we have here, is a failure to communicate !
Re: 10/12/12 and the girls are working hard
Haven't seen bees in a couple of weeks.
Not Michael Bush. My name is Dan. Sorry for the confusion.
Re: 10/12/12 and the girls are working hard
My bees are busy in the Goldenrod and Frost Asters. I'm going to open my hives tomorrow to check on things. The Goldenrod is past bloom in many fields here, but some are still blooming. Thank goodness they were frost hardy.
Ross Murray
Annville, Kentucky (eastern)
Re: 10/12/12 and the girls are working hard
They have been working the asters hard here for a couple of weeks now too.
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Mine are still packing it away.
Catfish tremble when they hear my name!
Re: 10/12/12 and the girls are working hard
Mine are going like gangbusters too, just working shorter hours. I have to come by the house early in mid day to see mine working now. Sun is below the trees in evening when I get home.
We have had several nights in the 30's, but only have seen frost once, lightly. A south wind is blowing this morning and it is supposed to climb to 80. I think I will peek in and see what is happening later today.
Re: 10/12/12 and the girls are working hard
Something with bright orange pollen is still blooming here, and the girls are working it. They're clamoring for syrup, though.
Don't provoke a hive full of angry bees.
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I checked on my hives on Sunday, 10/14/12, the girls are still bringing in tons of pollen (83 F). Their baskets are full of bright orange and also an ivory colored pollen. My main hive, #1, has stopped feeding and is nearly full (only checked upper deep) but no activity in the super (I was hoping for some comb building). Hives 2 & 3 were splits from the hive #1 on 28 July and are about 3/4 full in the bottom deep. Hive #2 has started some comb building in the upper deep and is feeding more than hive #3 that has not started building comb in their upper deep. I may have to feed 2 & 3 starting in Dec. but I hope they make it through the winter.
Mike
N5RWH - 9a
Re: 10/12/12 and the girls are working hard
Goldenrod is in full bloom here on the Texas Gulf Coast and the ladies are working it hard. Wish I had a Beelining kit to track them down.
Julysun elevation 23 feet.
Re: 10/12/12 and the girls are working hard
Track them down...? There's no need. The stuff is everywhere in the road ditches up in my area. Funny, until a couple days ago I didn't even know what goldenrod was. I figured I better be able to ID it since it such a big fall honey flow crop. So I looked it up on Friday. Now that I can recognize it I see it everywhere!Originally Posted by julysun
One package to 4 hives in 3 months. After 12 months I'm over a dozen hives and growing. Head over heels for bees!!!
Re: 10/12/12 and the girls are working hard
I'm near the Colorado River and the goldenrod is in full bloom around here. I tied the goldenrod in my ditches with hot pink caution tape so no one would mow it down! Hope it works. I had to put on another super on both hives, they were running out of room. I have a pasture full of it right next to the bee yard.
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