[Haraga]

Canola fields for miles and not another beekeeper or any other person in sight.
Imagine going all day and never seeing anyone else? Now imagine where dubya Elsie is where one is never alone?
Sucks to be him.

 

[Jackam]

How long does Canola bloom?
Do the bees like it?
What do the bees do when the canola bloom dies? No other bloom in sight......

 

[Haraga]

The bloom lasts a couple weeks then the bees work some alfalfa and then we crack out the cyanide and thin the herd. Just kidding. After the alfalfa it's pretty much over for nectar here.

 

[burns375]

Canola isn't terribly desirable honey crop for beekeepers, can be problematic due to fast crystallization in the comb.

 

[larrybeach]

nice photos. I wish were I live was less populated.

 

[Haraga]

The new RR canola doesn't seem to put out as much nectar as the polish canola that used to be grown here but it is still a monster crop. The bees love it. I have never had it crystallize in the comb but I don't waste any time extracting.

 

[jean-marc]

At $2.40/lb Canadian and 130-140 pounds to be had on an average year I would say that it is pretty desirable. Could be more this year as seeding was spread over a 2-3 week period on account of rains. So instead of the 3-4 week flow could be a 3 -6 week flow... most desirable.

Jean-Marc

 

[Jackam]

Is canola the same as rape seed?

 

[sharpdog]

Is canola the same as rape seed?

Yes

 

[RudyT]

"Canola" markets better than "rape seed" -- thus the renaming (or so I read somewhere).

 

[grozzie2]

"Canola" markets better than "rape seed" -- thus the renaming (or so I read somewhere).

It markets better, because it is better.

From Wikipedia:-

Canola was bred naturally from rapeseed at the University of Manitoba, Canada, by Keith Downey and Baldur R. Stefansson in the early 1970s and had a different nutritional profile, in addition to much less erucic acid.

 

[RudyT]

thanks -- that is good to know.

 

[spreerider]

canola stands for Canadian Low Acid Oil

 

[Ian]

Gotta love those yellow fields.

 

[dynemd]

canola stands for Canadian Low Acid Oil

CANada Oil Low Acid- Rapeseed oil with less than 2% erucic acid

 

[Jackam]

canola stands for Canadian Low Acid Oil

They sure messed that one up, didn't they?
Canadian Oil Less Acid would be a better fit.

 

[Vance G]

As was pointed out to me about honey quality; the man said, " I can sell that! I can't sell empty".

Canola isn't terribly desirable honey crop for beekeepers, can be problematic due to fast crystallization in the comb.

 

[zhiv9]

Its pretty well finished here - it bloomed around the 20th of June. When does the bloom usually start and end out west?

 

[Ian]

Usually the same, this year being late as it started around first week of July