There’s not a lot blooming right now and you may need to be feeding your bees. It’s hot and bees are more defensive this time of year so if you are feeding, it’s best to do it late in the day and keep food inside the hive to prevent robbing Clover is the most …
Category: What’s Blooming Now
What plants are blooming that my bees are foraging on.
What’s Blooming – September 2021
It’s the yellow time of year so far with lots of Goldenrod, Stickweed, and the Golden Rain Trees blooming. The Golden Rain Trees won’t be blooming much longer and are already putting on their little chinese lantern looking seed pods. The 3 clovers continue to bloom and we are still seeing quite a bit of …
What’s Blooming – March 2021
This year is a little unusual all over the south and east in that we had cold and winter storms much later. So trees, shrubs, and ground plants that normally beginning blooming in February or even late January are just starting to show up. The big bee nectar and pollen source for my bees are …
What’s Blooming – February 2021
This is the month where we start to see the trees and shrubs coming back to life. The big bee nectar and pollen source for my bees are the Red Maples. Silver Maples will be blooming this month as well. Also, we’ll start to see Willow and Forsythia and some of the ornamental trees like …
What’s Blooming – November through February
The weather has been dipping down into the freezing temps and there’s really not much blooming these days. At the Lazy Creek Apiary, the bees may find something of interest in the greenhouse but mostly they are staying close to home. Once the temps dropped below about 55 degrees, feeding them syrup (even heavy syrup) …
What’s Blooming – October 2017
The white aster are finally in full bloom and with the recent rains, the bees seem to be bringing in nectar for their food stores. They’ve been bringing in a lot of beautiful shades of yellow pollen for the last month or so, but not much in the way of nectar so this is a …
What’s Blooming – September 2017
It’s the yellow time of year so far with lots of Goldenrod, Stickweed, and the Golden Rain Trees blooming. The Golden Rain Trees won’t be blooming much longer and are already putting on their little chinese lantern looking seed pods. The 3 clovers continue to bloom and we are still seeing quite a bit of …
What’s Blooming – August 2017
It’s been a dry, hot summer and we are just starting to see some of the fall wildflowers making an appearance. We’re looking forward to Stickweed, Ironweed, Aster, and Joe Pye Weed. Clover continues to bloom and we are starting to see some Goldenrod coming into bloom. There are still mimosas and sumac trees blooming. …
What’s Blooming – June/July 2017
There’s not a lot blooming right now and you may need to be feeding your bees. The last 2 weeks of Tulip Poplar blooms were rained out, so what looked like a promising honey year didn’t work out as planned. But strong hives were able to build an impressive amount of honey from the Black …
What’s Blooming – End of April, 2017
There’s quite a bit blooming right now and the big nectar flow has started. Some of the primary plants blooming around our bee yard right now are Tulip Poplar, Black Locust, and wild Blackberry. We also have both Crimson Clover and the white clovers (Dutch and Alsike). Click to see larger picture