On 5-Aug-10, at 12:22 PM, [log in to unmask] wrote:

>>>
> Does this coincide with your black locust bloom?
>
No Black Locust here.  I checked my Peterson Field Guide which shows  
the range ending southeast of Lake Erie


>>> What bee does he favor?  Any particular race/line?

I don't know.  I guess you would call them mongrels

> What are the primary floral sources in your area?

Trees and wildflowers.  No agriculture close.  My summer honey  
consists of basswood sweet clover and other plants flowering late  
June to early August.  Autumn honey comes from late blooming  
varieties of goldenrod and asters usually Mid Sept till frost
>
> That is really exceptional for a stationary apiary unless this is  
> the norm in Ontario.  What kind of area are you in (suburbia, rural)?

The Ministry of Agriculture guesses at the number of hives and honey  
produced and divides one by the other to get 80 pounds per colony.   
Most beekeepers I know would consider that hive as a dink.  Many  
beekeepers get as much or more than I.  I live in a very deep valley  
cut through the Niagara Escarpment by the Credit River which passes  
between our house and our bees.  It is an unusual area of limestone  
cliffs, rivers, tall trees, winding roads and lots of tourists from  
Toronto and other urban areas closeby, who keep me busy stocking my  
honey table
>

Bob Darrell
Caledon Ontario
Canada
44N80W

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