[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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