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cloddopper

  • Joined Jun 2013
  • South Wales .Carmarthenshire. SA18
Bees still flying on 15 Nov 2014 ?
« on: November 15, 2014, 06:00:57 pm »
Starting to tidy up the veg & flower beds today I was surprised to see four honeybees at work on the fuschia's
 
We have several specimen fuchsia in the gardens that are still in strong flower.

The bees were also active on the snapdragons that were sown in July for planting out in spring 2015 , most have a fair show of flowers on them ,surely that's cheating .

Plenty of other flowers are still in good bloom , the pompom dahlia's look fantastic & are also still attracting lots of all types of  bees.
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Sudanpan

  • Joined Jan 2009
  • West Cornwall
    • Movement is Life
Re: Bees still flying on 15 Nov 2014 ?
« Reply #1 on: November 15, 2014, 07:59:14 pm »
Yep our bees have been similarly active up to date as well. Not too sure what that is going to mean by the time they do hunker down for winter, given that all the flying may mean early dipping into of stores.

Greenerlife

  • Joined Mar 2009
  • Leafy Surrey
Re: Bees still flying on 15 Nov 2014 ?
« Reply #2 on: November 15, 2014, 08:06:05 pm »
Yep -down here too.  Spent most of the day moving my hens to a new patch of grass, and noticed my bees flying all day.  Amazing.

Louise Gaunt

  • Joined May 2011
Re: Bees still flying on 15 Nov 2014 ?
« Reply #3 on: November 15, 2014, 08:35:43 pm »
Every sunny day recently the ivy outside our house has been covered in bees and flies all over the flowers. Not that we have had much sun recently , our hen run is very soggy!

Bionic

  • Joined Dec 2010
  • Talley, Carmarthenshire
Re: Bees still flying on 15 Nov 2014 ?
« Reply #4 on: November 16, 2014, 11:29:15 am »
I was surprised to see ours out and about yesterday too :bee: :bee: :bee: :bee: :bee:
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Fleecewife

  • Joined May 2010
  • South Lanarkshire
    • ScotHebs
Re: Bees still flying on 15 Nov 2014 ?
« Reply #5 on: November 16, 2014, 11:59:08 am »
Every sunny day recently the ivy outside our house has been covered in bees and flies all over the flowers. Not that we have had much sun recently , our hen run is very soggy!


Our ivy has been busy too.  No bees now though.
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cloddopper

  • Joined Jun 2013
  • South Wales .Carmarthenshire. SA18
Re: Bees still flying on 15 Nov 2014 ?
« Reply #6 on: November 17, 2014, 04:45:46 pm »
Yep our bees have been similarly active up to date as well. Not too sure what that is going to mean by the time they do hunker down for winter, given that all the flying may mean early dipping into of stores.

 At least they will be able to harvest the IVY pollen as well as any nectars , might be worth a look into the hives to see if you can feed a strong syrup with thymol or an anti fungicide.
Thymol helps prevent mould & varroa  ..... evidently , though I'm not sure about that . .
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Rosemary

  • Joined Oct 2007
  • Barry, Angus, Scotland
    • The Accidental Smallholder
Re: Bees still flying on 15 Nov 2014 ?
« Reply #7 on: November 17, 2014, 07:15:40 pm »
Our ivy was moving with bees yesterday. Not so many today  :raining:

cloddopper

  • Joined Jun 2013
  • South Wales .Carmarthenshire. SA18
Re: Bees still flying on 15 Nov 2014 ?
« Reply #8 on: November 29, 2014, 05:27:02 pm »
There were dozens & dozens of bees visiting our hanging baskets and geraniums this afternoon. It seems really odd having so many out in the late afternoon almost into December.
 At least it means there is either a feral nest or a hive somewhere fairly local.
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Bionic

  • Joined Dec 2010
  • Talley, Carmarthenshire
Re: Bees still flying on 15 Nov 2014 ?
« Reply #9 on: November 30, 2014, 09:45:22 am »
Our hives were really busy yesterday. Never seen anything like it at this time of year
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VEG

  • Joined Jan 2014
  • Maesteg South Wales
Re: Bees still flying on 15 Nov 2014 ?
« Reply #10 on: November 30, 2014, 11:00:32 pm »
lets just hope it does them no harm as they should be tucked up for the winter :fc:

Rosemary

  • Joined Oct 2007
  • Barry, Angus, Scotland
    • The Accidental Smallholder
Re: Bees still flying on 15 Nov 2014 ?
« Reply #11 on: December 01, 2014, 09:18:34 am »
Our hives were really busy yesterday. Never seen anything like it at this time of year

Yep, ours were flying yesterday in the sun. Won't be flying today I guess  :)

Bionic

  • Joined Dec 2010
  • Talley, Carmarthenshire
Re: Bees still flying on 15 Nov 2014 ?
« Reply #12 on: December 01, 2014, 10:05:39 am »
These were ours on 29th Nov
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cloddopper

  • Joined Jun 2013
  • South Wales .Carmarthenshire. SA18
Re: Bees still flying on 15 Nov 2014 ?
« Reply #13 on: December 02, 2014, 03:01:53 pm »
They look good Bionic.

 Even today at 2 Dec 2014  15.00 hrs there are still plenty of honey bees visiting the flowers in the hanging baskets & flower beds.
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