Fun with Queens
In the course of making my inspections over the past couple of weeks, I noted that my largest, strongest colonies still had significant drone populations. In my little valley, we […]
Category Archives: Bee forage
What’s blooming? July 22, 2016
I spent the week participating in a really inspiring workshop put on by the dedicated folks at Lane County’s School Garden Project. Our group visited the Camas Ridge Elementary School garden, […]
Beautifully diverse
This gorgeous pollen palette attests to the amazing diversity of plants blooming right now. Blackberries, cascara, bread seed poppies, roses, black locust, Dutch clover, vetch, borage, spurge, and chives are […]
What’s Blooming, March 24, 2016
I had the good fortune of being called out on a short hike this evening to harvest nettles (yes, they are actually delicious.) While the shady, wet area we visited […]
What’s blooming? March 13, 2016
What’s blooming today is taking a back seat to the copious amounts of wind and rain we’ve been receiving this week, as evidenced by the runoff-filled pasture below one of […]
Nectar Shout Out, February 28, 2016
While there’s not much in the way of a nectar flow yet here in my bit of the Coast Range, the red maples have begun blooming in the Willamette Valley, […]
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