of all the crops a beekeeper should be concerned about, Sunflowers probably tops the list...
up here, the confectionery type, the type that they want pollination on, requires two applications of insecticide AS PER CONTRACT !
I have not pulled sunflower honey for years, except for one yard. A grower stubbornly using one of the old varieties.
Not sure who edited my statement above in #3. Its not what I wrote. Actually it was not edited..Not at all. It was gutted to the point of being worthless.
Whoever did has no clue that the warning that I posted ought to be highly considered and heeded. Good luck Father and Son. Hope you saw it.
Between the spray and the fact the warning I posted on here was deleted your going to come out on the short end of this.
You are correct. My apologies. Not sure why I got a notification on a thread that was dead a year ago... Basically same thread. H4
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