[Father & Sons Apiary]

I'm getting a contact offered to pollinate sunflowers what are the dos and nots while having bees on this crop and how much should I charge per hive?

 

[camero7]

Some growers use fipronil on them. Be cautious.

 

[Honey-4-All]

do expect you will put less hives in the almonds as a result.

 

[lupester]

I have heard of beekeepers being offered between $60-$100 down here.

 

[red]

They only offered 35.00 down here last year. I wouldn't move them for that price and it's only ten miles.

 

[Ian]

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.

 

[Vance G]

Honey is chrome yellow and strong. I used to move bees to get them away so it didn't darken my white alfalfa honey.

 

[Honey-4-All]

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.

 

[clyderoad]

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.

I think you're looking at the old thread from last year.
from this year: http://www.beesource.com/forums/showthread.php?312980-Sunflower-Pollination-2015****

 

[Honey-4-All]

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