bees in sugar maple trees

[johno]

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My sugar maples are leaking sap as the day warms and my bees are feeding on the sap. I found them feeding on a sunny morning with the outside temp at 37 degrees F,

[kenr]

I've seen this myself wonder how the honey would taste.

[psfred]

I would assume much like maple syrup!

Bees collect the pollen when the maples bloom, too.

Peter

[jmgi]

Last spring was so early and warm that my bees stored nearly a super of maple tree honey, it did have a slight maple syrup taste, not my favorite honey but it wasn't really that bad. John

[Ravenseye]

A few years back I cut a small maple down in the backyard. It was late February and as expected, the cut trunk leaked a lot of sap. Couple hours later I went back to cut up the downed tree and the stump was covered with bees. It startled me because it actually looked like a swarm. Kind of neat. They didn't let that sap go to waste.

[Maryland Beekeeper]

Seems like a lot of trouble to feed B's