[mjfranks]

I live in S.E. Michigan and my hives have been busy. I live in close proximity to a number of large fallow fields of white & yellow sweet clover and mowed fields of Dutch clover with unusually intense blooms this year. In walking these areas this past sunny week, I am hard pressed to find more than a random honey bee or 2. Plenty of bumble bees though. In years past, the fields were buzzing. What is up?

 

[Chemguy]

I have seen that bees will work clover in earnest when the spring flow comes to an end. Here, that started to happen during the last week. I now see bees on the clover regularly. Before that time, hardly at all.

 

[Satch]

Just got back from Grand Island Nebraska and saw more yellow clover than you could imagine. Being outdoors all day around this clover I saw a total of 2 honeybees.

absolutely blew my mind.

 

[Bob J]

Something else has probably caught their attention...;- )