Whats Flowering Today

[yesbut]

If my one & only feral Manuka is anything to go by......

 

[bighands]

Westland Quintinia and Kamahi starting to flower here and I put boxes on the publicans hives today as free wax was being drawn and no it was not sugar. I would say it is mainly Quintinia.

 

[Dansar]

Privet.
Ahhhchoo!🤣

 

[John B]

The bees were thrashing the putaputaweta today which is something I've never really noticed before. Also saw the first fern bird I've seen for a long time.

 

[Bron]

Passed thru Hawkes Bay today. Didn’t see any beekeepers in tie dye

 

[Mummzie]

a few years ago our vege garden was neat rows.
Then we got bees.
Now its full of flowering broccoli, coriander and parsnips
.

 

[James]

Manuks flowering…. But not yielding.

 

[kaihoka]

Manuks flowering…. But not yielding

why do you think that is ?

 

[yesbut]

why do you think that is ?

The billion dollar question.

 

[bighands]

lotus and koromiko flowering in the valley but no rata yet. Cats ear going to town and blackberries still going for it .I think it is all over. I saw white rata flowering on the Coast Road at the weekend. Normally that is the last flower in the summer. Once i see red rata vine flowering I guess it is all over.

 

[southbee]

why do you think that is ?

Wasn't there something that it doesn't produce nectar in cold winds?

 

[southbee]

One of the best red clover paddocks I've seen, looks gorgeous in real. The bees doing well there, but seem to prefer the lotus major amongst it.

 

[James]

Looked at a paddock on the weekend that a local dairy farmer wanted some bees on…..
Regenerative farmers…..
I ‘ve never seen crimson clover before.

 

[southbee]

Looked at a paddock on the weekend that a local dairy farmer wanted some bees on…..
Regenerative farmers…..
I ‘ve never seen crimson clover before.View attachment 1239

That looks like a nice mixed pasture, should be good for the bees, maybe just try a few. I'm sure the red clover would grow in Canterbury too, it's not that special I thought?

 

[Mummzie]

poor confused plants

 

[kaihoka]

poor confused plants
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If it suddenly turned cold there would be a lot of collateral damage to some plants who have not yet started to winter down .

 

[Dansar]

poor confused plants
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Yes I saw some jonquils with their heads up in Waihi on Tuesday. About 16 weeks early.

 

[kaihoka]

And I saw a hinau flowering

 

[John B]

My mahoe had a second flowering this autumn and the akakiore /New Zealand Jasmine is having a major re-flowering at the moment. This plant yields a lot of nectar in late spring but hasn't stopped the bees robbing at the moment.

 

[Maggie]

That looks like a nice mixed pasture, should be good for the bees, maybe just try a few. I'm sure the red clover would grow in Canterbury too, it's not that special I thought?

Hi Southbee - I have never seen crimson clover. Last season there was a lot of red clover grown around here. Red clover has a more tubular shaped flower to that of white, and around here the bumble bee with a longer proboscis is the primary pollinator. However if there is a heavy nectar and pollen flow the honey bee will work it, and when I have seen this happen it has been in drought conditions.