Tour d’horizon des plantes et arbustes mellifères en cette saison d’automne. La visite n’est pas exhaustive mais nous montre des Ă©vidences. Des butinages sur la phacĂ©lie, la moutarde, Le lierre, les mahonia, les eleagnus, la sarriette des montagne, les asters.
Gros pourvoyeur en pollen et en nectar en dĂ©but de saison, le Saule marsault possède en outre une capacitĂ© certaine Ă se bouturer facilement. Multiplier cette espèce autour du rucher peut ĂŞtre intĂ©ressant. D’autant qu’il est un dĂ©tonateur de la reprise de vigueur des colonies d’abeilles.
« The Pollen featured in this video comes from the following plants on WDJ Kirk’s Pollen Identification Cards for May:
Horse Chestnut (Aesculus hippocastanum)
Field Bean (Vicia faba) Sycamore (Acer pseudoplanus)
Raspberry (Rubus idaeus)
For the other pollen featured on May’s card, check out ‘May-Part 1’, which is in the playlist linked at the end of the video. I have already covered Dandelion (Oct – Dec) and Gorse (Jan – March) in previous videos.
Thank you for viewing my videos. »
Most moist May – Part 1 – Pollen identification using W D J Kirk’s pollen ID cards.
« This is Part 1 of 2 videos (2nd on its way), looking at the pollen from Apple, Japanese Cherry (and Bird Cherry), Hawthorn, and Oil Seed Rape.
It was a dry and mainly chilly April, then a wash-out May! Caused havoc for Beekeepers and their Bees (me included!). But now we are being blessed with finer weather in the UK.
As a little mini heatwave sweeps across the country, have a look at what your bees might be able to forage on now! – that’s if you aren’t dealing with dud Virgin Queens, poorly mated ones, Queen-Loss or Swarms!
Wack another super on the hives because all that rain might just pay off – eventually! At least – here’s hoping… »
Oil immersion is an interesting and complex microscopy tool.
« Well, I don’t know where the month of April went!
It’s been intolerably dry for the bees where I am based in Surrey. They have been constantly on the search for water, so I make sure I keep hosing everything down as much as possible and they come flocking in droves to retrieve as much moisture as possible.
The Crocus Flavus bulbs I planted late, should have made an appearance on the March Pollen video, they finally emerged towards the end of March, so I include them here because they did provide the bees with sought-after pollen.
In this video, I cover the pollen of English Bluebell ( Hyacinthoides non-scripta) and Silver Birch (Betula pendula). Unfortunately, I couldn’t find any Grey Willow (Salix cinerea) in my area, so instead settled for Goat Willow (Salix caprea). The pollen of both species is incredibly similar and can be tricky to tell apart. the species is known to hybridise. »
Rencontre entre apiculteurs, Gilles, dans le marais poitevin.
Gilles, apiculteur dans le marais poitevin, nous parle de l’apiculture qu’il a connu avant… avec son père.