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<blockquote data-quote="tristan" data-source="post: 13027" data-attributes="member: 30"><p>i keep wondering how to tell that that changes in beekeeping are climate change related.</p><p>nz is typically quite changeable weather to start with. you could look at it over a lifetime, but there is so many beekeeping changes over the decades (eg varroa, hive numbers, manuka, farming practices) that i doubt anyone could tell for sure.</p><p></p><p>for me one thing that stands out is lack of clover honey and pennyroyal. for us clover crops have been pretty rare for the last 10 years or so.</p><p>but, we are not chasing clover crops (bush has been worth more), hive numbers have increased a lot over that time. farmers reseed paddocks with low nectar producing clover. farmers tend to spray out weeds extremely well. </p><p>so all that tends to hide any effects of climate change.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="tristan, post: 13027, member: 30"] i keep wondering how to tell that that changes in beekeeping are climate change related. nz is typically quite changeable weather to start with. you could look at it over a lifetime, but there is so many beekeeping changes over the decades (eg varroa, hive numbers, manuka, farming practices) that i doubt anyone could tell for sure. for me one thing that stands out is lack of clover honey and pennyroyal. for us clover crops have been pretty rare for the last 10 years or so. but, we are not chasing clover crops (bush has been worth more), hive numbers have increased a lot over that time. farmers reseed paddocks with low nectar producing clover. farmers tend to spray out weeds extremely well. so all that tends to hide any effects of climate change. [/QUOTE]
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