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Title: mid tenn supering
Post by: forrestcav on April 07, 2012, 11:23:31 PM
Ok a show of hands. How many of you middle tn people have started supering? I waited till April 1st, but bet I probaly could have started sooner. I've never seen the dogwood bloom in march.
Title: Re: mid tenn supering
Post by: G3farms on April 07, 2012, 11:52:21 PM
Up here the black locust is already blooming. I am going to put some supers on tomorrow.
Title: Re: mid tenn supering
Post by: wadehump on April 08, 2012, 08:36:56 AM
Not in tennesee in southern ohio but i supered on the 28th of march just to stay ahead of them
Title: Re: mid tenn supering
Post by: forrestcav on April 08, 2012, 12:44:46 PM
My local orchard is done with the peach bloom amd well done with the apple bloom. Unfortunetly my nuc  I  was  waiting on got delayed in miss. and thats where they were headed for.  :( At least has crimson clover between the rows
Title: Re: mid tenn supering
Post by: sterling on April 09, 2012, 01:29:36 PM
I'm in Mt Juliet TN. and I started supering first week of March with drawn comb in the supers and the bees started working on them pretty quick. Some of the hives are working on a second super and are drawing new comb. I use medium supers. There have been blooming plants for over a month around here. Locust blooming big, white clover blooming big, and I saw blackberries blooming saturday. So I just thought I would try to stay ahead of um.
There is a chance of frost here tomorrow night. First cool spell in a while.
Title: Re: mid tenn supering
Post by: sterling on April 09, 2012, 01:33:03 PM
Quote from: forrestcav on April 07, 2012, 11:23:31 PM
Ok a show of hands. How many of you middle tn people have started supering? I waited till April 1st, but bet I probaly could have started sooner. I've never seen the dogwood bloom in march.
Dogwoods bloom in March in 07. That is the year we had the freeze [18 deg] first week of April that killed every thing.