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Bloom Period of Important Minnesota Nectar Plants <br /> Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep <br /> 410 Maple <br /> Willow <br /> Oak <br /> Fruit trees <br /> Dandelion - <br /> Birdsfoot trefoil -- Figure 9. Chart of bloom <br /> Mustard111 period of important <br /> Vetch —MOM Minnesota nectar and <br /> Sumac pollen plants. <br /> White Dutch clover <br /> Alsike clover <br /> Red clover <br /> Yellow sweet clover <br /> Alfalfa -_-.-III- -_--- <br /> White sweet clover <br /> Basswood _-- <br /> Sunflower <br /> Goldenrod --- <br /> Main Flow <br /> 70,000 <br /> Main honey flow <br /> 60,000 <br /> 60,000 Dandelions �" <br /> o bloom sem+ ‘ <br /> ►^ Aduf b" :s' <br /> 40,000 a ,A ' ' Figure 10. Seasonal <br /> 141 - adult bee and brood <br /> cu <br /> Flowering ;` ' population changes. <br /> trees bloom <br /> -0 30,000 <br /> 20,000 ' 11 lei 'IW <br /> ,j --1 ' <br /> 10,000 : '►1 # R' <br /> Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec <br /> Flowers and Feeding <br /> The average foraging area of a colony is 8,000 acres, or a 2-mile radius from <br /> the colony. Honey bees can collect pollen and nectar from a wide variety of <br /> flowers that bloom up to 5 miles or more away. The major exception to bees <br /> Words of collecting their own food is when a new package of bees is hived in April (see <br /> the chapter on "Hiving Packages and Nucs"). In this case the beekeeper needs <br /> 4° Wisdom to provide sugar syrup and pollen substitute for the colony until sufficient <br /> flowers are in bloom and the colony is strong enough to take care of itself. <br /> Beekeeping in Northern Climates 9 <br />