WONDERFUL ADVENTURES WITH BEES
IN ORANGE-SEMINOLE COUNTY FLORIDA

 

Aapiansting

WILD BEE AND WASP REMOVAL

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     IT IS LATE APRIL, 2009. THE BEEKEEPERS, OF THE GREATER ORLANDO AREA, HAVE TRUCKED THOUSANDS OF HIVES NORTH FROM THE ORANGE GROVES IN POLK. HERE, AMONG WILD ACRES OF SCENTED PALMETTO AND GALLBERRY PRAIRIES, THE BEES OF ORLANDO WILL FEAST ON A NECTAR HARVEST FOR ABOUT SIX WEEKS.  RAINFALL HAS BEEN IN SHORT SUPPLY IN THE ORLANDO METROPLEX. HOWEVER, THIS AREA IS RICH IN SPRING-FED WATERWAYS SUCH  AS THE WEKIWA. (“ IT MAKES RED BLOOD. IF NATURE DOESN’T DO IT, WEKIWA WILL.” )  

     PALMETTO REQUIRES MUCH MOISTURE  PRIOR TO BLOSSOMING AND LESS  RAINY CONDITIONS DURING NECTAR FLOWS. IN MANY PREVIOUS YEARS, LOVE BUGS HAVE SOUGHT OUT THIS WILD NECTAR SOURCE, COVERING THE PLANTS BY THE THOUSANDS. WHEN THIS HAPPENS, BEES MAY AVOID THE BLOSSOMS. OVERALL, THIS YEAR LOOKS PROMISING FOR THE ORLANDO BEES AND THEIR KEEPERS.  AAPIANSTING (ORLANDOBEEREMOVAL.COM) IS ANTICIPATING THE APPEARANCE OF NUMEROUS HONEYBEE SWARMS IN ORLANDO, APOPKA, KISSIMMEE, ALTAMONTE SPRINGS, WINTER PARK . AND OTHER CENTRAL FLORIDA CITIES DURING THIS PERIOD.   FOLLOW THE APIAN TEAM AS IT RESPONDS TO THE ARRIVAL OF THE ORLANDO  BEE SWARMS AND CONTINUES ITS QUESTS FOR APIAN  ADVENTURES .

PALMETTO  SPIKES AND FLORETS

      READ:  The Everglades: River of Grass

by Marjory Stoneman Douglas, Michael Grunwald - 2007 - Nature - 447 pages

PHOTOS- FLORIDA BEE REMOVAL.INC

SAW PALMETTO           Serenoa repens  (www.mendosa.com/sawpalm.htm

   

     BEES AND NECTAR-BEARING PLANTS ENJOY A SYMBIOTIC RELATIONSHIP. THE BEES OF CENTRAL FLORIDA PROCURE A COPIOUS SUPPLY OF FOOD IN DUE SEASON. IN RETURN, PLANTS COMPLETE THEIR REPRODUCTIVE PROCESSES. THROUGH THE TRANSFER OF POLLEN. SAW PALMETTO AND GALLBERRY PROVIDE NUTRIENTS DURING APRIL AND MAY. THE HONEY, FROM BOTH SOURCES, IS PRIZED BOTH BY INSECTS AND MAN.

   

www.sfrc.ufl.edu/4h/Gallberry/gallberr.htm

www.honeylocator.com

FLORIDA HONEYBEE SWARM

PHOTO-FLORIDA BEE REMOVAL

SPRING     2009        RFM

PART I – BEE BIOLOGY PART II – APIAN ADVENTURES