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Bookmark or Share- Bees on Queen Anne's Lace/Wild Carrot. Signal we're in dearth?Around here, that usually means it's been really dry and the other blossoms don't have any nectar. Usually it's during a dearth, yes. It was super dry here, and our bees were doing some strange stuff, then we got rain, the summer weeds made flowers, and all is well.
- Once the dearth hits, can you use the excess bees to...I have a few gallons of syrup left over to grow them with. I'm thinking that I might as well put it to use. Make some nucs and sell to offset summer feeding, if the dearth is as bad as last year. In my mind, everything is a good idea, but not always in action. That's why I'm asking. You guys have saved me from a lot of problems, and I value the ...
- Is summer dearth the time to make splits? - Beesource Beekeeping ForumsThe queens had all but stopped laying because of the dearth, high temps. and a massive bee population, and I had to go thru every frame to get enough brood to give these 2 queenless colonies. It would have been much easier to get what I needed from a couple of colonies that had fresh supersedure queens, but I wanted brood from the best I had.
- Signs of a dearth - Beesource Beekeeping ForumsWe have a dearth pretty much every July and August. When the thistle starts browning off and the horsemint is done it's dearth time. Even the mesquites are pretty much done by then east of I-35. Sometimes we get a soybean flow if the farmer puts in a late crop. September is when our fall flow can start if we get a little rain.
- Nectar Dearth? Some clarification please - Beesource Beekeeping ForumsTo me a dearth means there is not enough nectar and pollen coming in to sustain the colony, whereas they starve unless they are fed are have enough stores built up to carry them until the next flow. It is very different from location to location. I have had it sneak up on me and have lost colonies that seemed active.
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