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- From: Randall Austin <ra41717 AT gmail.com>
- To: Maggie Frantz <maggiesmagic2002 AT yahoo.com>
- Cc: orange county beekeepers listserve <ocba AT lists.ibiblio.org>
- Subject: Re: [ocba] Elderberries
- Date: Tue, 07 Aug 2012 18:53:14 -0400
Maggie,
In "Honey Plants of North America" (1926) John Lovell says, "The flowers... contain neither nectar nor nectaries.... The bees gather the pollen, which is moderately abundant. It blooms in July, and grows in moist soil from New Brunswick to Texas." In "American Honey Plants" (1920) Frank Pellett also reports that elderberry bears pollen but no nectar, and he says it blooms in late May and June. So it sounds like elderberry may be a perfectly nice plant but not a major humdinger from a beekeeping perspective. I'd be curious to hear if anybody knows differently. Randall Austin On 8/7/2012 11:28 AM, Maggie Frantz wrote: 1344353307.86959.YahooMailClassic AT web120703.mail.ne1.yahoo.com" type="cite"> |
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[ocba] Elderberries,
Maggie Frantz, 08/07/2012
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Re: [ocba] Elderberries,
Randall Austin, 08/07/2012
- Re: [ocba] Elderberries, Lynne Millies, 08/07/2012
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Re: [ocba] Elderberries,
Randall Austin, 08/07/2012
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