Corn as Screen around small plot....

Awesome thread and great info. I was thinking to use corn as a screen around my food plot too. I will definitely be giving Miscanthus Giganteus a try.

 

I've handled bees since I think about 2002 or so. I really enjoy keeping them, fascinating creatures. I've never gotten into rearing queens but ordered a kit to start. When I started into bees, a 3 pound package ran about $35-40, now they're way over a hundred. It's amazing how prices of stuff have skyrocketed. I don't plan on buying any more, wouldn't have bought these but got in too big a hurry to split mine.

 

After the year we had I can see where splitting might not be that bad. We'll see how it goes this year.

 

I generally catch enough wild swarms coming through to keep my hives filled but we wanted some around over the ranch and didn't have tie to wait. Going to plant the food plots full of crossover species that will be good for the bees. Should be pretty neat. I've been doing a lot of research and learning techniques taught by Mike Palmer. A lot of pretty cool vids on youtube.

 

Thanks for the info Covey. I'll check him out.
I'll probably ping you with more questions since we are in the same general area.

 

there is very little egyptian wheat on the market and the pricing on it is really increasing. Egyptian wheat is really a form of sorghum. There are some true forage sorghums that get as tall as egyptian wheat but are 1/2 the price. They also have broader leaves and provide even better screening. What you dont want to use is a brown mid rib or digestible sorghum as they will lodge way easier than the older genetic, thicker stalk forage sorghums.

I push a 4 way mix with ew, 2 sorghums and millet...

 

What's the millet, Pearl?