Tuesday, February 23, 2010

North Carolina Piedmont Honey Plants

 


Plant NameScientific NameStartsDaysEnds
Red MapleAcer rubrum1-Feb4012-Mar
Sugar MapleAcer saccharum5-Mar2530-Mar
DandelionTaraxacum officinale15-Mar6014-May
SumacRhus spp.3-Apr1511-Sep
Alsike CloverTrifolium hybridum4-Apr10215-Jul
BlackberryRubus spp.10-Apr2030-Apr
Crimson CloverTrifolium incarnatum10-Apr255-May
Ladino, White CloversTrifolium repens14-Apr10225-Jul
Tulip PoplarLiriodendrum tulipifera25-Apr2924-May
Black GumNyssa sylvatica26-Apr1410-May
Black LocustRobinia pseudoacacia27-Apr107-May
VetchVicia spp.28-Apr4613-Jun
HollyIlex spp.30-Apr1515-May
RaspberryRubus spp.30-Apr2020-May
PrivetLigustrum spp.8-May2331-May
PersimmonDiospyros virginiana20-May132-Jun
Sweet CloverMelilotus spp.28-May374-Jul
SourwoodOxydendrum arboreum10-Jun2030-Jun
Heartsease, SmartweedPolygonum spp.4-Jul1267-Nov
GoldenrodSolidago spp.8-Aug6714-Oct
AsterAster spp.25-Sep3530-Oct

Source:
N.C. Cooperative Extension Service:
Honey Plants of North Carolina

Tuesday, February 16, 2010

NCDA&CS - Plant Industry Division

NCDA&CS - Plant Industry Division

BeeOnWysteria

The mission of the North Carolina Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services Apiary Program is to promote and protect the state's beekeeping industry. The Apiary Program provides disease and disorder inspections and fumigation services in an effort to control diseases and pests of the beekeeping industry. Additionally, the Apiary Program provides educational workshops to educate the state's beekeepers on the biology and treatment of mite and disease pests of honey bees and africanized bees. Promotional effects are achieved through lectures to county and state beekeeping organizations or any other groups that are interested in apiculture or related topics.

Beekeeping/Honey Bee Races - Wikibooks, collection of open-content textbooks

Beekeeping/Honey Bee Races - Wikibooks, collection of open-content textbooks

Russian Honey Bee

Apis mellifera ?

Pros and Cons of the Russian honey bee
ProsCons
  • Brood rearing is highly dependent on forage availability
  • Increased tendency to swarm
  • Tend to propolize
  • Expensive