What's blooming in southeastern US?

Ben Framed · January 18, 2020, 10:03:59 AM

yes2matt · January 19, 2020, 08:10:57 AM

Quote from: Bob Wilson on January 17, 2020, 08:30:03 AM
Yes2matt. It is stuff like dead nettle that I do not even recognize that will keep me confused about when pollen or nectar is available.

I think I link this article to someone five times a year. It saved my brain. http://identifythatplant.com/three-easily-mixed-up-early-spring-plants/

BeeMaster2 · January 21, 2020, 07:58:22 AM

Maples are blooming in north Florida.

yes2matt · January 22, 2020, 08:23:29 AM

Quote from: sawdstmakr on January 21, 2020, 07:58:22 AM
Maples are blooming in north Florida.

60 footer on my delivery route opened up wide just in time to get slapped with 23 degree nights.

Bob Wilson · January 22, 2020, 11:44:37 PM

Same here yes2matt. Although we are about to climb back into the 57/40 range again. I wonder how long it will take for blooms to re-emerge.
I have become an even more avid nature observer because if beekeeping.

Bob Wilson · January 26, 2020, 04:32:45 PM

Temperatures are around 58/39 for the forseeable future.
Forsythia is beginning to bloom. Dianthus as well.
I guess this means spring has sprung in mid-Georgia. I am as nervous as a cat in a roomful of rocking chairs. I suppose I need to start giving room in the hive. Time for empty frames in the brood box, or wait another few weeks? Last year I caught my swarm at the beginning of March. That is 5 weeks away.

van from Arkansas · January 26, 2020, 05:12:26 PM

Mr. Wilson, I got a laugh from that cat in a room full of rocking chairs. Glad to see someone has bees flying and bringing in pollen. My area, N. Arkansas, has a few weeks until we see flowers; like maybe 6 weeks???

So are all your hives looking good, with flying bees? I hope so. To date, all my hives have flying bees as noted on the few days of warmth, 43-47F+.

Van

Bob Wilson · January 26, 2020, 05:48:29 PM

Van. I just have the one hive. If swarming starts here around the beginning of March, when do I start expanding the hive with empty frames? I suppose the answer is, "Open up the hive on a warm day and check to see."

van from Arkansas · January 27, 2020, 10:06:36 AM

Mr. Wilson, when the queen runs out of room to lay, she will begin swarming mode. She, the bees, will make queens cells and you can make splits if you wish.
Van

Bob Wilson · January 27, 2020, 11:49:06 AM

52 degrees, wet and overcast, and the girls are starting to come out.