Maggie James 906 Posted December 19, 2020 Share Posted December 19, 2020 1 hour ago, Philippa Thomas said: Does anyone know what sort of honey it produces? No idea. But it's berries make a fabulous liquer 1 Link to post Share on other sites
Philippa Thomas 61 Posted December 19, 2020 Share Posted December 19, 2020 1 hour ago, Maggie James said: No idea. But it's berries make a fabulous liquer Made by yourself? Link to post Share on other sites
Maggie James 906 Posted December 19, 2020 Share Posted December 19, 2020 17 minutes ago, Philippa Thomas said: Made by yourself? No. The only Titoki in this neck of the woods is in a bottlestore! Link to post Share on other sites
Philippa Thomas 61 Posted December 19, 2020 Share Posted December 19, 2020 1 hour ago, Maggie James said: No. The only Titoki in this neck of the woods is in a bottlestore! Sounds interesting! Must check it out Link to post Share on other sites
dansar 5,524 Posted December 23, 2020 Share Posted December 23, 2020 On 19/12/2020 at 12:21 PM, Philippa Thomas said: There are masses of bees in the Titoki at present. Looks like some are gathering pollen but there must be an abundance of nectar to produce such a hum. Does anyone know what sort of honey it produces? I’m not sure but my guess is equal amounts of nectar and pollen. 1 Link to post Share on other sites
dansar 5,524 Posted December 23, 2020 Share Posted December 23, 2020 On 19/12/2020 at 1:03 PM, yesbut said: As far as I know Titoki isn't a nectar producer. The fruit is good bird fodder. Perhaps it is a nectar producer?, it isn’t recognised as a pollen source for bees. http://www.gw.govt.nz/assets/Land-Management/Akura-Infosheet-Plants-to-attract-bees.pdf Link to post Share on other sites
yesbut 6,233 Posted December 23, 2020 Share Posted December 23, 2020 I haven't been able to find any references to nectar. have found this though .... Fruit/Nectar calendar for native wildlife - Te Motu Kairangi - Miramar ecological restoration WWW.TEMOTUKAIRANGI.CO.NZ 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites
Philippa Thomas 61 Posted December 23, 2020 Share Posted December 23, 2020 1 hour ago, dansar said: Perhaps it is a nectar producer?, it isn’t recognised as a pollen source for bees. http://www.gw.govt.nz/assets/Land-Management/Akura-Infosheet-Plants-to-attract-bees.pdf I have seen them on the flowers with cream pollen sacs. I think it was December three years ago that I was walking through the bush on a warm day and I could hear the roaring of bees - I thought there must've been a huge swarm, but it was coming from two huge NZ Oaks up above, they were thick with them. I got my best honey crop that year, of course not just from them. 1 Link to post Share on other sites
Philippa Thomas 61 Posted December 23, 2020 Share Posted December 23, 2020 16 minutes ago, yesbut said: I haven't been able to find any references to nectar. have found this though .... Fruit/Nectar calendar for native wildlife - Te Motu Kairangi - Miramar ecological restoration WWW.TEMOTUKAIRANGI.CO.NZ Very interested to see that Muehlenbeckia produces nectar for two months - I have always hated the stuff and have never seen a bee on it. Link to post Share on other sites
Maggie James 906 Posted December 23, 2020 Share Posted December 23, 2020 32 minutes ago, yesbut said: I haven't been able to find any references to nectar. have found this though .... Fruit/Nectar calendar for native wildlife - Te Motu Kairangi - Miramar ecological restoration WWW.TEMOTUKAIRANGI.CO.NZ Well, well, well. I will look on spinach in a different light! Link to post Share on other sites
kaihoka 2,976 Posted December 23, 2020 Share Posted December 23, 2020 My bees are often busy in my blackwoods when there is no flowering happening. I read that a scale insect in them secretes dew. Link to post Share on other sites
jamesc 4,924 Posted December 23, 2020 Share Posted December 23, 2020 I see on Stuff the Wellington Rata is exceptional this year. Link to post Share on other sites
southbee 62 Posted December 24, 2020 Share Posted December 24, 2020 7 hours ago, jamesc said: I see on Stuff the Wellington Rata is exceptional this year. Didn't see it on stuff, but did see it in our bush....flowering beautifully, now if the rain stops one day, we'll be very happy beekeepers! 2 Link to post Share on other sites
Jhah 7 Posted January 4 Share Posted January 4 On 8/10/2020 at 6:56 AM, Maggie James said: Looks like there's quite a bit coming in this colour. I had hoped someone might come in with their opinion as to what it was. Paul, it might be a good idea to give a bit of a geographic idea as where the hive is, and any other details that might help identify this pollen check my photo in gallery is it phaecelia? might be spelling badly. Link to post Share on other sites
Maggie James 906 Posted January 4 Share Posted January 4 2 hours ago, Jhah said: check my photo in gallery is it phaecelia? might be spelling badly. Your excellent photo looks to me like phaecelia, but here in mid Canterbury, a major seed production area, it doesn't to my knowledge flower until now. I have been out this afternoon photographing large paddocks of flowering phaecelia. Link to post Share on other sites
yesbut 6,233 Posted January 4 Share Posted January 4 34 minutes ago, Maggie James said: I have been out this afternoon photographing large paddocks of flowering phaecelia. Why ? 1 Link to post Share on other sites
Maggie James 906 Posted January 4 Share Posted January 4 17 minutes ago, yesbut said: Why ? Why not? 1 Link to post Share on other sites
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