Apiary Diary June 2021

[kaihoka]

Nice garden TD ..... I've always tried to grow Nastutiums here, but as fast as they grow Nana pulls them out ..... are they a nectar source ?

No

 

[frazzledfozzle]

No

Love nasturtiums to eat

 

[tommy dave]

Nice garden TD ..... I've always tried to grow Nastutiums here, but as fast as they grow Nana pulls them out ..... are they a nectar source ?

i thought so ages back, but i think i was wrong. I've seen occasional bumblebees on them, but not honey bees

 

[Dennis Crowley]

Some photos from Cairns Show today, love the honey colours.

 

[kaihoka]

Some photos from Cairns Show today, love the honey colours.

I never realised lychee made honey .
I have read they have to net the crops for flying foxes .
Do they need bees to pollinate the crop ?