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ronm

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Re: Tetradium daniellii
« Reply #15 on: August 08, 2012, 06:38:58 PM »
;D everyone can do there bit for pollinators, heres a list of plants and trees that bees love:
http://www.buzzaboutbees.net/plants-to-attract-bees.html

hehe im sure you'll be fine but im def going to be popping in now that ive found this web site :)

Great link, thanks. 8) 8) So much to learn .... ::)
« Last Edit: August 08, 2012, 10:19:30 PM by ronm »

Maggi Young

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Re: Tetradium daniellii
« Reply #16 on: August 10, 2012, 10:17:39 AM »
Friends of the Earth have a petition and link to send  a note to government ministers about pending pesticide regulations that will affect bees :
http://www.foe.co.uk/what_we_do/the_bee_cause_35033.html
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Re: Tetradium daniellii
« Reply #17 on: August 21, 2012, 06:33:29 PM »
Ah yes there are many petitons for pesticides to be band here's one that i am a member of.
http://www.friendsofthebees.org/


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Re: Tetradium daniellii
« Reply #18 on: August 21, 2012, 06:45:36 PM »
There is a bee friendly zone as well that some of you may be interested in...
http://www.friendsofthebees.org/bee-friendly-zones-map/

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Re: Tetradium daniellii
« Reply #19 on: August 22, 2012, 08:43:51 AM »
Referring back to Maggi's comment of no bees = no grub, we have had them extraordinary miserable summer here. June and July were the wettest, dullest and coldest June and July ever recorded. As a result, we have had terribly poor bee activity and I have the worst set of fruit I have ever witnessed. My apple trees have the worst set I have ever seen and blackcurrants, redcurrants, plums, pears (a tree with one pear!) loganberries, raspberries have all cropped very poorly. A friend who keeps bees reported on a neighbour who has acres under apples where the crop is a complete failure and all this due to the fact that bees were not flying at blossom time.

Re Evodia daniellii - I have one in the garden, grown from seed received from N. America about 10 - 15 years ago. It is a lovely tree and I go to admire a huge specimen in Mount Usher gardens, in County Wicklow, each year. It is very beautiful in fruit as well as in flower. Just coming into flower here at the moment.

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Re: Tetradium daniellii
« Reply #20 on: August 22, 2012, 11:47:28 PM »
Referring back to Maggi's comment of no bees = no grub, we have had them extraordinary miserable summer here. June and July were the wettest, dullest and coldest June and July ever recorded. As a result, we have had terribly poor bee activity and I have the worst set of fruit I have ever witnessed. My apple trees have the worst set I have ever seen and blackcurrants, redcurrants, plums, pears (a tree with one pear!) loganberries, raspberries have all cropped very poorly. A friend who keeps bees reported on a neighbour who has acres under apples where the crop is a complete failure and all this due to the fact that bees were not flying at blossom time.

Paddy

Yes i and many other beekeepers have had to feed our colonies during that wet weather. however they have had a few good weeks so far, there presently collecting from  himalayan balsam which is everywhere, very invasive plant but the bees love it :)

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Re: Tetradium daniellii
« Reply #21 on: July 20, 2013, 11:43:57 AM »





Hey there, hope these pics can be seen planted up the seed this spring. we are having a good summer so far, the seedlings are loving the heat  ;D

 


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