Sunny and warm today. Bees are bringing in pale yellow pollen. What could be blooming in January? I'm in the Arkansas Ozarks, zone 6b.
Makes you wonder if it isn't cracked corn from animal feed or sawdust.
Last year in early march around the first few flying days there were thousands of bees in my chicken feed and they were checking around my band mill also.
I don't know, just thought I would share that observation.
Cheers
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Could be sawdust, who knows?
Do you have Camelia's
I saw bees on wild mustard today. Big climate difference between you and me though.
I'm thinking maybe witch hazel. Tomorrow I will walk the creek to see.
Could it be mistletoe?
Spanish Needle all along the gulf coast is still in bloom.....you cant kill that stuff without a hard freeze....little white weed flowers with yellow centers....not sure how far from the coast you are though.
In northeast Ok. mine are bringing in dandelion.
Mystery solved. Took a walk along our creek and the witch hazel in full sun has bloomed and honey bees and wild pollinators are working it. That which is shaded is budding out. A cold snap could cut that short. :smile:
Interesting. I have seen nothing blooming here yet and I am in Mid South Alabama
I have seen bees collect fresh maple sawdust in late winter, it must of been the sweet sap that drew them in. Here in NE Florida I'm getting maples starting to bloom which is two weeks early this year. The bees are bringing in a light yellow pollen and really haven't slowed down over the last two months.
Been feeding the hives for the last three weeks to get them ready for early splits.
Not sure what it is but they are all over it here in Northern Alabama Just south of Huntsville. :cool:
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Quote from: Beeboy01 on January 12, 2017, 11:01:15 PM
I have seen bees collect fresh maple sawdust in late winter, it must of been the sweet sap that drew them in. Here in NE Florida I'm getting maples starting to bloom which is two weeks early this year. The bees are bringing in a light yellow pollen and really haven't slowed down over the last two months.
Been feeding the hives for the last three weeks to get them ready for early splits.
I am also seeing a lot of light yellow pollen coming in, the bees are packing a lot of it in the hives. The hive I lost last week was full of it.
Jim
Not sure if people are familiar with spider warts but I saw my first in bloom today and I have a pear tree starting to bloom out.
It was 60 degrees last weekend, saw bees bringing in something beige or dirty white.
I can't imagine anything blooming here.
Arackis,
Looks like quince to me
Quote from: herbhome on January 25, 2017, 08:06:27 PM
Arackis,
Looks like quince to me
Just looked it up and I think you are correct. Thanks for the info!