sugar cane

[tina]

please does anyone know if bees work flowering sugar cane?

[Grieth]

I don't know myself, but this post talks about sugar cane
Sugar cane honey discussion thread
Doesn't look too promising.

[JP]

Sugar cane is not something they find desirable.


...JP

[tina]

thanks for the replies and the article   I was told the bees would work the flowers but all the cane here is in flower and the bees aren't touching it, they love the actual peeled cane though.

[ozbee]

 no cane flower has no attraction  your nuc will be ready soon

[tina]

wonderful thanks

[schawee]

my bees are 200 ft. from 8oo acres of sugar cane and they don't work it at all.i never seen flowers on it either.     schawee

[tina]

must be a different type ,it flowers prolificly here

[tina]

http://www.google.com.au/imgres?imgurl=http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3011/2643616543_19f4bed734.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.flickr.com/photos/suebbb/page8/&usg=__ALrrNaxcnQas8Bp4ts9AfPN7rb4=&h=349&w=500&sz=145&hl=en&start=10&zoom=1&tbnid=qVtYQEVAeSnMcM:&tbnh=91&tbnw=130&ei=sxjvTdi7HqrdiAK9vozrAQ&prev=/search%3Fq%3Dflowering%2Bsugar%2Bcane%2Bqld%26hl%3Den%26client%3Dfirefox-a%26hs%3DdyX%26sa%3DX%26rls%3Dorg.mozilla:en-US:official%26biw%3D1292%26bih%3D654%26tbm%3Disch%26prmd%3Divns&itbs=1&biw=1292&bih=654  I hope this link works if it doesn't just type in flowering sugar cane QLD

[bernsad]

Tina,
Is that Mt. Tibrogargan in your photo of the flowering sugarcane?