Since I've started learning about bees I find myself paying closer attention to what's in bloom and wondering if it's enough to keep our hive of worker bees busy.

You can barely see it in the picture, but the yellow wild flowers to the right are Golden Ragwort, which started blooming last week around here, and can be expected to produce pollen for about 3 weeks.

Want more in-depth information? Browse through our books.

Or explore more posts by date or by subject.

About us: Anna Hess and Mark Hamilton spent over a decade living self-sufficiently in the mountains of Virginia before moving north to start over from scratch in the foothills of Ohio. They've experimented with permaculture, no-till gardening, trailersteading, home-based microbusinesses and much more, writing about their adventures in both blogs and books.



Want to be notified when new comments are posted on this page? Click on the RSS button after you add a comment to subscribe to the comment feed, or simply check the box beside "email replies to me" while writing your comment.

Powered by Branchable Wiki Hosting.