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:
From:
Reply To:
Informed Discussion of Beekeeping Issues and Bee Biology <[log in to unmask]>
Date:
Wed, 19 Aug 2020 07:17:06 -0400
Content-Type:
text/plain
Parts/Attachments:
text/plain (18 lines)
> , but have this question: what would be an appropriate hive density for
> this 3 acre patch for adequate pollination? I have only one hive that I'd
> be able to contribute. Woefully inadequate?
>

Check Google Earth or any good satellite viewer. Then draw a 2 mile circle
around the apiary and see what is there. That is minimally what is
available, not the apiary land. You can easily discern where flowering
plants would be available- open fields compared to forests.

Bill Truesdell
Bath, Maine.

             ***********************************************
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