Allen wrote:
> Is it?  Where does the nectar go after lunchtime, if the bees don't gather
> it all immediately?  Does it reabsorb?  Dry up?  Lose its attractivess????


I found an interesting detail about buckwheat nectar production in Russian
Small beekeeping encyclopedia (1991):

(I will retell) In the afternoon, sugar concentration in buckwheat nectar
increases to 60-80% and that makes the difficults for gathering. Buckwheat
nectar is very accessible but high temperatures may caused thickening.

It means that flower contents nectar, but too thick for gathering?

That coincides with one detail from other book: buckwheat produces nectar
mostly in the morning and before evening (Usually, they say that buckwheat
nectar production is in the morning only).

At the end I'd like to remind of Lloyd Spear's observation that coincides
with that explanation too:
"but I do note that the areas where buckwheat
honey is reliable are those areas with cool nights."


Predrag Cvetkovic
Serbia
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