http://eberthoney.com/honeybeeblog/blog4.php?disp=comments en-US http://backend.userland.com/rss 60 Fri, 03 Jul 2009 14:44:25 +0000 Jorge [Member] c24@http://eberthoney.com/honeybeeblog/ Hi Mike, <br /> <br /> I almost always feel like the peak honey flow ought to come in June. The bees are usually strong, and the Dutch clover, yellow sweet clover, and birdsfoot trefoil all have the best blossoms during June. Still, it is almost always when the yellow sweet clover is drying out and the Dutch clover and trefoil are past their peak that we get the most honey. It has taken me a number of years for me to learn that I should not let our bees peak at the beginning of June or it just begs for swarming problems.<br /> <br /> Some of the parent colonies get a couple of boxes of honey in June, but for whatever reason July is when we pay the bills. We always have the chance for soybean honey in July also, but that is hit and miss.<br /> <br /> You are welcome to drop in to see the queen yard if you're in the area. It's just behind the house and it doesn't take long to get a sense of the layout and what is going on back there. <br />
I almost always feel like the peak honey flow ought to come in June. The bees are usually strong, and the Dutch clover, yellow sweet clover, and birdsfoot trefoil all have the best blossoms during June. Still, it is almost always when the yellow sweet clover is drying out and the Dutch clover and trefoil are past their peak that we get the most honey. It has taken me a number of years for me to learn that I should not let our bees peak at the beginning of June or it just begs for swarming problems.

Some of the parent colonies get a couple of boxes of honey in June, but for whatever reason July is when we pay the bills. We always have the chance for soybean honey in July also, but that is hit and miss.

You are welcome to drop in to see the queen yard if you're in the area. It's just behind the house and it doesn't take long to get a sense of the layout and what is going on back there.
]]> http://eberthoney.com/honeybeeblog/blog4.php/2009/06/13/june-weather#c24 Fri, 26 Jun 2009 16:17:57 +0000 Mike Townsley [Visitor] c23@http://eberthoney.com/honeybeeblog/ What is your source of nectar in July Adam?<br /> I was glad to read about you in the Buzz and see all you are doing. I would like to come out and spend a day with you in the queen yard sometime,if you are open to visitors. I took the queen course in MN with you.<br /> God bless,<br /> Pastor Mike I was glad to read about you in the Buzz and see all you are doing. I would like to come out and spend a day with you in the queen yard sometime,if you are open to visitors. I took the queen course in MN with you.
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