Posted 3/26/2013 16:45 (#2993366 - in reply to #2993315) Subject: Re: planting buckwheat for bees
Martinsville, Ohio
An acre patch planted near the hives after wheat or July August will make some good honey. Doesn't take much.
Dad said buckwheat saved the farm in one of those years in the 30's when corn didn't produce. Must have been wet spring or it started raining late in the year.