another north Georgia newbie question

chemlight · June 27, 2008, 10:47:45 PM

At what stage of the sourwood flow are we in north of Atlanta and south of Chattanooga??? :-D

chemlight · June 28, 2008, 11:31:11 PM

No one from Georgia?

doak · June 28, 2008, 11:43:58 PM

Not from N.G but I think you are deep into it or getting ready to end.
I am down here in central Ga. and have never got up that way with the bees.
I think Delaplane took his bees up from the Athens area right after the early spring flow. "poplar and black berry".
Which ends around the middle of June.
doak

tillie · June 28, 2008, 11:58:18 PM

I'm at my house in Rabun County right now and the sourwood looks early in its bloom. Last year the blooms were later in stage than now. Looks like about half way through to me....

Linda T in N Georgia tonight

greg spike · June 29, 2008, 11:26:20 AM

I'm between gainesville and dahlonega here. The sourwood around my house ended two or three weeks ago. It appears to vary greatly with altitude and microclimates, though.

chemlight · June 30, 2008, 06:51:06 AM

Thanks for the responses. Is there another flow after the sourwood? A fall flow?

greg spike · June 30, 2008, 03:39:30 PM

Mine are still packing away something right now, mostly in the moring. I don't know what they're working though. I think the staghorn sumac dried up around here too. I've seen them scouting white clover and astors around the house; But I'm not sure if theres enough of that to make a flow.

greg spike · July 01, 2008, 01:10:30 PM

I got curious myself and tracked my bees down the road...

Mimosa trees...I didn't know they could get nectar from them, but they are very busy.

derrick1p1 · July 01, 2008, 02:09:25 PM

Mimosa trees? So that's where they are going. Mine have changed their pattern of going due north to now going east. The sun is hitting that direction in such a way that you can see all of them about 15 ft in the air going to and from my yard. fun to watch. There are plenty of Mimosa trees that direction....must be where they are going...unless they've found something else I can't think of.

chemlight · July 01, 2008, 05:16:26 PM

I got a lot of those around here as well. They are still going at it.

I harvested my first honey saturday. I got 7 quarts out of a shallow super. Would of had 8 but I dropped one in the dirt :'(.