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Title: Sweet Clover??
Post by: zzen01 on June 04, 2011, 09:52:16 PM
We have LOTS of this stuff in the area where the hives are. Do Bees like this and is it good for honey Production?
Title: Re: Sweet Clover??
Post by: AllenF on June 04, 2011, 10:09:56 PM
Sweet clover, yellow clover.   Ya, it's good.
Title: Re: Sweet Clover??
Post by: Michael Bush on June 05, 2011, 12:15:12 AM
Awesome.
Title: Re: Sweet Clover??
Post by: JP on June 05, 2011, 10:15:05 AM
Best honey I ever had was from South Dakota from sweet yellow clover!


...JP
Title: Re: Sweet Clover??
Post by: rail on June 05, 2011, 12:11:36 PM
White Clover (Sweet Clover)?

(http://i960.photobucket.com/albums/ae89/seaheli/DSC00980.jpg)

Magnolia

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Title: Re: Sweet Clover??
Post by: VolunteerK9 on June 05, 2011, 12:20:10 PM
I planted a small patch of it(yellow sweet clover) last fall from seed I got from Camp9 (Member on here). My bees are tearing it up. You can walk by it and here constant buzzing from all the honey and bumblebees working it. I plan on getting more seed and possibly drilling several acres with it.
Title: Re: Sweet Clover??
Post by: bud1 on June 05, 2011, 12:38:23 PM
rail; that looks like one of the dutch clover  http://www.pogueagri.com/Hubam_Sweet_Clover.aspx (http://www.pogueagri.com/Hubam_Sweet_Clover.aspx)
Title: Re: Sweet Clover??
Post by: AllenF on June 05, 2011, 02:53:50 PM
Ya, that looks like dutch white clover.   
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Post by: Michael Bush on June 05, 2011, 11:46:30 PM
White dutch clover is great.  But it's not sweet clover...
Title: Re: Sweet Clover??
Post by: tsmullins on June 06, 2011, 09:09:42 AM
Quote from: rail on June 05, 2011, 12:11:36 PM
White Clover (Sweet Clover)?

Magnolia


We have a magnolia, but it is still fairly young.  The bumblebees have worked it for several years.  I have not seen the honey bees on our Magnolia yet.  Our Magnolia is a "Brackens Brown Beauty".

Shane
Title: Re: Sweet Clover??
Post by: Course Bee on June 06, 2011, 10:11:36 AM
That looks like what they call Alsike Clover here. I have not seen my bees work it but they say that it makes honey similar to other clover. It is considered a weed here and grows in peoples yards. I know you can mow it as short as you want and it will still bloom. I like it because my wife loves to mow and she can't stop it from blooming.
Title: Re: Sweet Clover??
Post by: zzen01 on June 06, 2011, 02:34:44 PM
This id what is looks like: http://www.pogueagri.com/Madrid_Sweet_Clover.aspx (http://www.pogueagri.com/Madrid_Sweet_Clover.aspx)
Title: Re: Sweet Clover??
Post by: VolunteerK9 on June 06, 2011, 07:50:57 PM
Quote from: zzen01 on June 06, 2011, 02:34:44 PM
This id what is looks like: http://www.pogueagri.com/Madrid_Sweet_Clover.aspx (http://www.pogueagri.com/Madrid_Sweet_Clover.aspx)

Yup, Yellow Sweet Clover. Thats what I have planted and the bees love it
Title: Re: Sweet Clover??
Post by: zzen01 on June 06, 2011, 08:43:11 PM
http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/195/1002919y.jpg/ (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/195/1002919y.jpg/)

This is what the stuff looks like.
Title: Re: Sweet Clover??
Post by: zzen01 on June 06, 2011, 08:44:15 PM
My bees were out there "workin" it!
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