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joshrobs House Bee
Joined: 01 Jul 2019 Posts: 15 Location: Mid Wales
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Posted: Thu Aug 22, 2019 9:01 am Post subject: UK honey flows |
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Hi all, I've seen a lot of articles and people talking about such-and-such a honey flow, and I'm curious, has anybody ever made a list of the main ones in the UK? I realise dates and sources will vary depending on where you are, but is there a rough order that things will be in? |
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catchercradle Golden Bee

Joined: 31 May 2010 Posts: 1551 Location: Cambridge, UK
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Posted: Sat Aug 31, 2019 6:23 am Post subject: |
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I have a book, "Plants for Bees" I can't remember the author that gives a lot of information on this but it is worth remembering that Mid Wales will be very different from where I am in Cambridge.
Here, Oil Seed Rape is the first major flow most years and following that is mostly garden flowers. Most years but not all I get a good flow from lime blossom and to end the year I always get ivy. About one year in five I get a crop from Hawthorn which despite the name Mayblossom is often starting half way through April now.
Dave |
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