From: "Lawrence F. London, Jr." <venaurafarm@bellsouth.net>
To: permaculture <permaculture@lists.ibiblio.org>
Subject: [permaculture] Feeding wild bees during Winter - how to do it?
Date: Tue, 05 Oct 2010 23:28:54 -0400
Feeding wild bees during Winter - how to do it?
I discovered that I have on my 6 acre property more wild bees than I
thought (maybe they are those who swarmed from my hives and left for
new homes as forest dwellers). I poured out two quarts of honey that had
ants in them onto a compost pile on a garden bed. Soon there were
hundreds of bees foraging for the honey. I have done this many times but
this is the first time I have seen any bees attracted to the honey.
Is it possible to feed wild forest-dwelling bees during the Winter? I am
in central NC USDA zone 6/7.
LL
[permaculture] Feeding wild bees during Winter - how to do it?,
Lawrence F. London, Jr., 10/05/2010