You seem uncertain if someone, beside you, is benefiting from your garden. Perhaps if other hives exist, there is also gardens in the same area.
You mention that the “bees’ have been visiting you for at about 8 years. PIn your list of questions, you did not mention speaking to the land owners surrounding you, nor did you mention looking for a local beekeepers group. Perhaps that would be The First place to start. You also mention that there not a “massive amount of flowering plants”. What are you growing that attract the bees? And would you like to increase what you grow to keep your bees content to stay at home? A great combo, a rotation of local wildflowers and bees.
I wish you good beekeeping, from a Texas rancher.
There were beekeepers that brought bees to my prosperity of 160 acre in East Tx, to resupply their hives with queen bees. Each year, the bees stayed several months then returned “home” with new queens, and worker bees.
Our payment was honey, much sweeter than money.
You seem uncertain if someone, beside you, is benefiting from your garden. Perhaps if other hives exist, there is also gardens in the same area.
You mention that the “bees’ have been visiting you for at about 8 years. PIn your list of questions, you did not mention speaking to the land owners surrounding you, nor did you mention looking for a local beekeepers group. Perhaps that would be The First place to start. You also mention that there not a “massive amount of flowering plants”. What are you growing that attract the bees? And would you like to increase what you grow to keep your bees content to stay at home? A great combo, a rotation of local wildflowers and bees.
I wish you good beekeeping, from a Texas rancher.
There were beekeepers that brought bees to my prosperity of 160 acre in East Tx, to resupply their hives with queen bees. Each year, the bees stayed several months then returned “home” with new queens, and worker bees.
Our payment was honey, much sweeter than money.