BEE-L Archives

Informed Discussion of Beekeeping Issues and Bee Biology

BEE-L@COMMUNITY.LSOFT.COM
Options: Use Monospaced Font
Show Text Part by Default
Show All Mail Headers

Message: [<< First] [< Prev] [Next >] [Last >>]
Topic: [<< First] [< Prev] [Next >] [Last >>]
Author: [<< First] [< Prev] [Next >] [Last >>]

Print Reply
Subject:
Re: The American Elm tree. {Was: Domesticated bee numbers soar amid buzzi ng demand+Thanks
From:
Michael Palmer <[log in to unmask]>
Reply To:
Informed Discussion of Beekeeping Issues and Bee Biology <[log in to unmask]>
Date:
Tue, 12 May 2009 06:38:25 -0400
Content-Type:
text/plain
Parts/Attachments:
text/plain (13 lines) 
>   Were elms a major honey plant? When do they bloom?


Elms bloom in early spring, about Maple bloom. I was told by an old 
beekeeper...long gone...that he noticed when the Elms (pronounced 
Elum in these parts) died off...the spring buildup in the bees was slowed.
Mike 

             ***********************************************
The BEE-L mailing list is powered by L-Soft's renowned 
LISTSERV(R) list management software.  For more information, go to:
http://www.lsoft.com/LISTSERV-powered.html

ATOM RSS1 RSS2