Peach Trees

[beepro]

I have plum tree and peach tree blooming at the same time right now.  My bees prefer the
peach blossoms over the plum.   As for early nectar source I'm sure they are if you have several
100 acres of them blooming at the same time.  Other than that my bees like the wild mustard over
the peach tree. 

[bwallace23350]

Cut the heck out of that plumb tree.  Make like a samurai warrior.

It needs it. It is in bad shape as it was my first go at planting trees. My newer trees will be in better shape I promise

[Acebird]

Let the bees have the nectar and then whack them.

[bwallace23350]

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Honeybee on the peach tree. Question answered

[sc-bee]

I see very little if anything from peaches. Maybe they are a secondary source when other things are in bloom. If peaches were of bee value I would be living at the end of the rainbow. As it is peaches don't need bees for pollination and I personally think this makes the average peach farmer not very bee friendly. I do know what bees do get from peaches.... on a schedule of about every two weeks from what I have been told.

[Dallasbeek]

 Will those trees bear that much fruit, or will they have to be thinned at some point?  Beaufiful orchard.

[paus]

Dallas I have several long time friends that have commercial peach orchards.  These trees may need thinning.  Thinning in peaches means taking a padded broom handle and tapping the limbs of the tree after the tree has set peaches.  There are rules of thumb governing how many peaches on so many inches of limb.  If left alone frost may thin some of the blooms and sometimes late frost causes disaster to strike and all the peaches are killed by frost.  The tree remains healthy but no peaches to sell.  Thinning is an art.

[harlowr]

Neighbor almost a mile away has a few peach trees.    The past two years I have gotten a super or two of peach blossom honey.   Easy to separate the peach from regular honey as the smell of peaches come through even before uncapping.   For some reason only one hive has made the peach honey while the hives right next to it doesn't make any.

[bwallace23350]

I saw a couple of bees on my peach tree just now. I need to go do an inspection again of my bees to see how much they are packing in right now. The clover is starting to bloom and I need to put a super on I bet. Perhaps Monday as it is supposed to rain tomorrow.

[sc-bee]

Neighbor almost a mile away has a few peach trees.    The past two years I have gotten a super or two of peach blossom honey.   Easy to separate the peach from regular honey as the smell of peaches come through even before uncapping.   For some reason only one hive has made the peach honey while the hives right next to it doesn't make any.

You see the peaches where I live.... if the peache blossoms produced nectar to gather I would be covered up with peach blossom honey. I would say maybe your neighbors variety but the farmers here plant several varieties of clings and free stones to stagger harvest. And a couple neighbors trees would not effect your honey. It takes tons of blooms to have an effect on honey crop.

[sc-bee]

Will those trees bear that much fruit, or will they have to be thinned at some point?  Beaufiful orchard.

After they set fruit they will thin them with a plastic baseball bat or by hand. If not the fruit will be smaller and also it will break the trees down with weight. I will try to remember too look out for pictures during thinning.

[sc-bee]

So I do not get nectar from peaches but no one has mentioned what I do get.... has no one noticed the SPRAYER in the middle of the field?