We’re excited to share that our honeybees are producing nectar! 🐝🍯 Did you know that cities are famous for something called “pocket flows” 🌸 when it comes to nectar availability and honey production? In typical agricultural settings, when the crop is done blooming the nectar flow is over and it becomes the time of the year known as the “dearth”. This is when there are no florals blooming and bees start looking for synthetic sugary substances because they’re hungry. However, compared to traditional agricultural settings, more urban environments have something called a “pocket flow”. That means while traditional plants have completed their bloom periods, depending on what companies, cities, individuals, and neighborhoods plant around their properties to keep beautiful florals blooming throughout the year, sometimes, there’s enough density to produce a nectar flow at a time of year when their shouldn’t be one. It’s one of the reasons why bees have the ability to thrive in urban environments—there are more nectar flows and diversity if bloom for longer periods of time.🏙️ There’s evidence of this at our bakery in Saint Petersburg, Florida! Our bees are sipping on some floral concoction that’s producing a much darker nectar than the mangrove and sea grape produced just a few weeks earlier on the Tampa side of the bay! 🌴 Reposted from Bee Downtown Visit our website to learn more about our partnership: https://lnkd.in/ep8ycGWm #unibakeusa #lantmannenunibake #beedowntown #honeybees #savethebees #beehives #sustainability #pollinators #eurobakeusa #honey #stpetersburgfl
