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BEFRIEND A BEE: TREES FOR LATE SUMMER FLOWERS

By Paul Larson|2016-08-16T16:06:11+00:00August 16th, 2016|Categories: News|Tags: bee bee tree, beekeeper, bloom, fall, flowers, fragrant, garden, gardening, greenhouse, honeybees, korean evodia, nectar, nursery, plant, planting, pollinators, seven son flower, sorrel tree, sourwood, sprucedale gardens, storrs, summer, trees, uconn, white|

Who says we’re in the “Summer Doldrums” (also known to beekeepers as the summer dearth)? OK, there aren’t as many shrubs and trees blooming now in mid-August as there were in the spring months, but there are some interesting and important trees flowering right now. Their importance is due to the fact that many pollinators, including [...]

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PAUL’S HONEY BEES

By Paul Larson|2015-03-16T16:41:05+00:00March 16th, 2015|Categories: News|Tags: bees, exciting, honey, nectar, news, pollen, spring, sprucedale gardens, warm, weather, winter|

After such a brutal winter it's great to see that Paul's honey bees have not only survived, but are thriving! They have already begun to clean the hives and the queen is already laying eggs. Some honey bees have even ventured out into the warm spring air in anticipation of the first signs of pollen and [...]

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