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Beekeeping => General Beekeeping => Topic started by: barry42001 on May 10, 2014, 12:51:57 am

Title: Planted forage
Post by: barry42001 on May 10, 2014, 12:51:57 am

Planted white dutch clover and red clover, about .50 acre. Also planted patch of buckwheat, lastly have English lavender seed coming.  See how that works lol.

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Title: Re: Planted forage
Post by: Jen on May 10, 2014, 01:22:29 am

My bees are all over the lavendar all summer long! Good choice  :)

Title: Re: Planted forage
Post by: LazyBkpr on May 10, 2014, 09:11:19 am

Good deal! Keep us informed.. I have plans to plant several acres next spring.

Title: Re: Planted forage
Post by: Riverrat on May 10, 2014, 09:20:55 am

Bees been working the white clover here in Kansas hard this week

Title: Re: Planted forage
Post by: tmrschessie on May 10, 2014, 09:22:34 am

I will be putting dandelions, and golden rod around my bee yard. Seems to bee the only thing that will grow in that space...

Title: Re: Planted forage
Post by: Slowmodem on May 10, 2014, 12:35:39 pm

I tilled a strip of my new land as kind of an experimental garden.  I planted borrage, milkweed, vetch, yellow clover, white clover, and some wildflower seeds my mom donated.  I have a stick between each section.  I'm curious as to how the grow and how the bees like them.

I'll try to get some pictures tomorrow or Monday if it's not raining.

I have some lavender and some evodia tree seeds I'm going to start in the house before setting them out (if I can get them to grow).

Title: Re: Planted forage
Post by: Jen on May 10, 2014, 12:47:02 pm

Oh Slow! If I could plant fields of vetch... That is the Best honey EVER! It's like liquid sweet butter. My fav in the whole world  ;D

Title: Re: Planted forage
Post by: Slowmodem on May 10, 2014, 03:12:00 pm

Quote from: Slowmodem on May 10, 2014, 12:35:39 pm

I'll try to get some pictures tomorrow or Monday if it's not raining.

Well the rain stopped and the sun came out.  So.... dirty pictures!

Looking from the flower garden down toward the hives:

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Fancy dividers:

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The length of it:

(https://worldwidebeekeeping.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi585.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fss298%2FSlowmodem_photo%2FBees%2FExperimental%2520Bee%2520Flower%2520Garden%2Fphotobucket-4420-1399747821070.jpg&hash=cf1bf0e8583dcb16b9f3ca3033bb851c31ecbab2)

If there only a market for rocks!   :D

Title: Re: Planted forage
Post by: barry42001 on May 10, 2014, 03:41:00 pm

Used to call the rocks heaved up by frost and freezes and thaw were called Jefferson county spring fruit.

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Title: Re: Planted forage
Post by: barry42001 on May 10, 2014, 03:54:33 pm

Anyone know that deer will eat tomato vines cause I didn't lol


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Title: Re: Planted forage
Post by: efmesch on May 10, 2014, 04:27:12 pm

Barry,  If you've got deer visiting your plots, be wary of ticks.  You definitely don't want to get Lyme disease.

Title: Re: Planted forage
Post by: barry42001 on May 10, 2014, 04:37:17 pm

Omg got a gazillion tiny seed ticks, never bigger then eraser on a pencil, usually half that size. Can't even feel them crawling on you. Itch like crazy for days and days, and I can't mention where all they like to attach....

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Title: Re: Planted forage
Post by: Beeboy on May 10, 2014, 07:32:58 pm

If its green deer will eat it.

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Title: Re: Planted forage
Post by: rcannon on May 10, 2014, 09:06:43 pm

Guinea fowl will eat ticks like there's no tomorrow.

Title: Re: Planted forage
Post by: barry42001 on May 10, 2014, 09:09:18 pm

Need to get a few dozen

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