Nectar Garden and Bee hIVES
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Providing Food Sources
The park provides vital habitat for bees and other pollinators. Trees and flowers that the hive depends on offer food sources from spring through until fall when the goldenrod blooms - one of their last food sources of the year.
Master Gardeners have researched and planted native species in the bee yard. The meadow in the back pasture pro
The park provides vital habitat for bees and other pollinators. Trees and flowers that the hive depends on offer food sources from spring through until fall when the goldenrod blooms - one of their last food sources of the year.
Master Gardeners have researched and planted native species in the bee yard. The meadow in the back pasture provides some of the seasonally latest food sources for the bees.
Adult bees forage as far away as 6+ miles and must make as many as 75 such trips to produce even a gram of honey. The work of foraging for the colony is so demanding that the bees die after about three weeks of this strenuous activity.
The nectar garden is maintained by the Master Gardener Volunteers of Cobb County.
A Home for the Bees
A Home for the Bees
Beekeeping has expanded with the addition of hives to the bee yard. The top bar hives are not as familiar a sight as the standard bee hives. They use horizontal bars instead of tradition frames, allowing the bees to build their own internal structures.
The bees are kept by John Mason, a certified beekeeper and member of North Metro Beekeepers