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ALMOST BEEKEEPING - RELATED TOPICS => FARMING & COUNTRY LIFE => Topic started by: pdmattox on January 19, 2007, 07:56:21 PM

Title: cherry laurel
Post by: pdmattox on January 19, 2007, 07:56:21 PM
I moved 20 hives to another yard 30 miles south of me and went to check on them today and found them very busy.


(http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid223/pedd8a0ad770fd4e88c1b608054cf01f8/eb04dd84.jpg)


(http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid223/pcf6893f18913c6e47a5afff6ba7b94e7/eb04dd1b.jpg)


(http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid223/p3653713c78cb10862420001489c59244/eb04dc79.jpg)

Here is a link on info on the tree itself. :-Dhttp://www.floridata.com/ref/p/prunus_c.cfm (http://www.floridata.com/ref/p/prunus_c.cfm)
Title: Re: cherry laurel
Post by: mick on January 19, 2007, 08:06:29 PM
My similar tree.

(http://i14.tinypic.com/42jgba0.jpg)
Title: Re: cherry laurel
Post by: Cindi on January 22, 2007, 10:46:21 AM
Now isn't that Cherry Laurel a simply beautiful and astounding shrub.  I can bet the bees were going nuts on this one.

There is a plant here (too invasive for me to want to bring it to my place) called the Japanese Knotweed that a friend of mine has.  She says that the bees absolutely love this plant.  Hers has not spread, (she should consider herself lucky).  But what I see of the knotweed, it has kind of similar flower clusters as the Cherry Laurel.  Interesting.  Great day. Cindi
Title: Re: cherry laurel
Post by: Kev on January 22, 2007, 09:24:10 PM
I'm jealous. We got another 2 inches of snow today.
('course it doesn't get to be 110 here in july either)

kev