[ocba] Buckwheat
Tom Wright
twright at vicksburg.com
Wed Aug 26 10:54:43 EDT 2009
If you have the space, plant some anise hyssop.
Tom
Lewis Cauble wrote:
> Hello Beekeepers,
> About a month ago, Rob Bowers from Whitted-Bowers farm gave me 150 lbs
> of buckwheat seed. My farmer neighbor, Keith Hawkins, had about an
> acre of fallow land next to our house and he agreed to plant the seeds
> for us there. The buckwheat started blooming last week and it's
> absolutely amazing. I was out there this morning at around 8:30 and
> the bees were not yet working it. I split some nucs yesterday so
> first thing this morning the bees were milling around my utility
> trailer that had the empty feed buckets and old comb, dumpster diving
> for a bit of old sugar syrup. I went back out at 9:30 and the bees
> had abandoned the still sticky buckets for the buckwheat. The entire
> acre has the low hum of some serious workers and the flight paths to
> and from the hives are cluttered with bees. It's a site and sound to
> behold.
>
> If you are ever up this way, please feel free to stop by and check it
> out. The bees only work it in the morning, but there are other
> pollinators out there all of the time.
>
> I'm at 7211 Wilkerson Rd in Cedar Grove. Pull in the driveway and
> look behind the house and to the right. You can't miss it.
>
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