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Title: Fall Flow in West Kentucky / neighboring States???
Post by: Packrat3wires on August 17, 2015, 04:02:21 PM
Just curious if anyone is starting to see a fall nectar flow in West Kentucky?    The Golden Rod has started to bloom but the weather is all over the place.    I was going to put honey supers back on but didn't know if now was the time.    I would rather them replenish the hive bodies for winter first then add honey tot he supers.
Title: Re: Fall Flow in West Kentucky / neighboring States???
Post by: Rurification on August 18, 2015, 03:06:28 PM
South central Indiana here [Greene County].    We have goldenrod blooming already.   Also the figwort has gone gangbusters this year - I've even seen the hummingbirds on it - and it's almost as full of bees as the locust is in the spring.   I've got a lot of sumac blooming, too.    That said, as soon as the white sweet clover was done, all the colonies contracted a bit.   I put 2:1 syrup on and they are taking it slowly despite the current flow.