Highlights: brood nest reduction/honey production
Every 10 days,
Later (about 5/22),
Piedmont blossoming dates: Poison Ivy (orange pollen) to 5/23; Tulip Poplar to 5/26; American Holly, 5/1 - 5/16; Raspberry, 5/12 - 6/2; Persimmon, 5/20 - 6/2; Sumac, 5/23 - 6/10
Mountain blossoming dates: American Holly, 5/8 - 5/23; Black Locust, 5/15 - 5/28; Tulip Poplar, 5/25 - 6/18; Sourwood, 6/25 - 7/25
Virginia state apiarist, Keith Tignor, will visit Blandy Experimental Farm for the Third Thursday Series from 10:30 to 11:30 a.m. today in the library. Cost is $6 for members, $8 nonmembers. He will discuss "Honey Bees in Virginia: 400 Years of ...
Dr Ivor Davis, master beekeeper and past president of the British Beekeepers' Association, suggests 10 things anyone can do to help protect our honeybees In areas of the country where there are few agricultural crops, honeybees rely upon garden ...