Bees forage for nectar from many sources and the wise
beekeeper will note what plants flower in his area and the timings of
this flowering.
Some beekeepers are able to directly influence the crops
that the bees forage on by arranging for particular varieties of crop
to be sown. Others will move their bees from place to place to take
advantage of different crops or different dates of sowing of the same
crop.
This rest of this page is a collection of jottings that will
become more structured as time permits.
All forage now comes in shorter, more violent, bursts... Why?
Tubingen Mix... sowing rate 7kg of seed per hectare
Phacelia... Sown at 1kg per hectare
Persian Clover
Increase Hawthorn, Sycamore and Holly in hedgerows.
Encourage Rabbits
If much Hawthorn is available... put supers on in March, it
does not yield strongly every year, but it is worthwhile when it does.
Written... Spring 2001
Revised... 21 March 2002
