Bob and others,

>The best nectar I hive found for bees to winter on is smartweed (
>heartsease).  When bottoms flood then the pink variety look like a field of
>wheat but pink. This year not enough to pay for the move.
>if looking for winter stores I look for smartweed. 

Cool Thanks, I'm always on the lookout for smartweed while duck hunting, never thought about it as forage.

I'll try it next year, I know where there are miles of it.

>If looking for honey to
>sell as wildflower I look for queen annes lace, goldenrod, sunflowers ,
>Spanish nettles and asters.

Where they grow thick, I always seem to find goldenrod and asters in the same locations. And the nice thing about goldenrod is it's pretty easy to spot growing way before it flowers. 


>The article was in Bee Culture in January of 2003 (not sure) but was the
>same month I had a article in ABJ about Dann Purvis. 

Stupid me, at our beeclub fundraiser auction last Monday night I had the chance to buy bundled whole years copies of both magazines for $3.00 a year and passed. I'll find the article.

>Most of what I learned 
>is in the BEE-L
>archives. Go back and read my posts and you should find interesting.

I have some, I'll do more when I get the chance.

Thanks again for the smartweed tip. 

Don

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