Planting Buckwheat For Honey Bees

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Planting buckwheat for honey bees is a lot of fun, and even a relatively small patch can actually make a difference to a beehive or two. 

Planting buckwheat for honey bees is a great idea. Buckwheat is an exceptional crop for honeybees, and many other bee pollinators too. 

1.How Good Is Buckwheat For Honey Bees?

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This plant is insane. It grows so fast you actually can nearly hear it growing. My experience with this plant is that it is about two months from seed to seed.

2. How Long Does The Buckwheat Plant Take To Produce Flowers?

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Warning: Buckwheat Is A Real Pest

This plant produces a lot of seed, but it also drops a lot of seed.

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Is Buckwheat Good For Pollination?

A flower gets pollinated and produces seeds. Hence buckwheat is not a good pollinator. Bees are! But yes, buckwheat is a good source of pollen.

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If you were to work on a rough thumb suck figure an acre of buckwheat should allow a single hive to produce about 150 pounds of honey. 

5. How Much Honey Can We Expect From An Acre Of Buckwheat?

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ADVICE

If you plant an acre or more, you are looking at actually producing a crop of honey from this. Buckwheat is a fun crop to grow and really makes a difference to your bees in the area.

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