The Honey Factory

[duluthralphie]

You've got lapper bees for sho.

I do! I even petted the one aNd I swear he purred like a cat he liked it so much.

 

[karenerwin]

I just got an email today telling me I should be getting my bees the 1st or 2nd week in May!

 

[WannaBeHillBilly]

@duluthralphie Any updates on the buzzers?

 

[R2elk]

They were really busy this morning bringing in orange pollen. Whatever that is.

I saw one of the Italians loaded with this bright orange pollen this morning. I am sure it was harvested from the few dandelions that are blooming.

 

[duluthralphie]

I saw one of the Italians loaded with this bright orange pollen this morning. I am sure it was harvested from the few dandelions that are blooming.

No dandelions here yet. The greens aren’t even up yet.

 

[R2elk]

No dandelions here yet. The greens aren’t even up yet.

Something has to be blooming unless they are gathering corn or feed fines. I had Buckfast bees (meanest bees I have ever had). They were fighting the deer for the cracked corn I was putting out for the birds. They would gather the fines just like they gather pollen. I watched a young buck as he grabbed a mouthful of cracked corn and bees at the same time. He did not stick around long as a bunch of the little stingers went after his head.

 

[duluthralphie]

Something has to be blooming unless they are gathering corn or feed fines. I had Buckfast bees (meanest bees I have ever had). They were fighting the deer for the cracked corn I was putting out for the birds. They would gather the fines just like they gather pollen. I watched a young buck as he grabbed a mouthful of cracked corn and bees at the same time. He did not stick around long as a bunch of the little stingers went after his head.

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The tamarack are in bloom as are the maples, boxelder, alder, pussy willows. I assume it’s those things. It was over 60 today and they were flying like crazy.

I sat and watched them a little this afternoon, I thought they would all be going the same direction, but they weren’t.

Some went right past me to the west. Others headed straight East. I could see the ones heading East but not see them coming back.

The ones coming from the west I could see well, I even heard a few as they buzzed by me on approach.

 

[R2elk]

The ones coming from the west I could see well, I even heard a few as they buzzed by me on approach.

You want to avoid their flight path. If you happen to be directly in the flight path, they will slam right into you. Been there, done that.

 

[R2elk]

No dandelions here yet. The greens aren’t even up yet.

If you have rhubarb up, you have dandelions up unless you poisoned them all. I just checked pics of my rhubarb, the dandelions weren't blooming at the time but the greens were up.

 

[duluthralphie]

Rhubarb is the first thing up here. The only things I see up are the tiger lilies, burn nettles, rhubarb. Even the grass is still brown.

My Mother is waiting patiently for the dandelions, she likes to use them in a salad.