Apparently the white clover in grass mixes is of little use to bees as it is the 'dutch' clover which is a longer stemmed variety than our native clover.
The grasses themselves are of no use.
Pasture is invariably the worst sort of habitat for bees, right sort of clover excepted.
The only forage they get is from the hedges bounding the fields.
Bees in suburban gardens generally do better than bees in the countryside these days.
I got 90lbs of honey from a colony in my garden this year and a lot of other beekeepers got nothing and had to feed.
the colonies I have elsewhere produced far less, maybe 25-30 lbs per colony.
I got about 200lbs of sycamore honey which came in over just a week when it was in flower at the end of May.
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