Bee swarm in the corn patch

[livinoutdoors]

I guess the drought has got em looking for pollen. Somebody is gon have honey that tastes like candy corn!

 

[livinoutdoors]

There is so many in there is sounds like a whole hive.

 

[fishfryer]

I guess the drought has got em looking for pollen. Somebody is gon have honey that tastes like candy corn!View attachment 1161079

That corn will fill out every grain

 

[livinoutdoors]

That corn will fill out every grain

Teach me here, so the bees are gonna help the corn? I figured they werent doin any harm, but didnt count on them helping it. Does it drop the pollen down on the silks better from them messin with it?

 

[fishfryer]

Teach me here, so the bees are gonna help the corn? I figured they werent doin any harm, but didnt count on them helping it. Does it drop the pollen down on the silks better from them messin with it?

YES it do! I kept bees years ago and I made the most beautiful sweet corn ever. Of course the plants need water , proper fertilization, etc too, but those bees will do a fine cross pollination.

 

[blood on the ground]

YES it do! I kept bees years ago and I made the most beautiful sweet corn ever. Of course the plants need water , proper fertilization, etc too, but those bees will do a fine cross pollination.

You are so correct!

 

[livinoutdoors]

YES it do! I kept bees years ago and I made the most beautiful sweet corn ever. Of course the plants need water , proper fertilization, etc too, but those bees will do a fine cross pollination.

Thanks!

 

[Mackie889]

YES it do! I kept bees years ago and I made the most beautiful sweet corn ever. Of course the plants need water , proper fertilization, etc too, but those bees will do a fine cross pollination.

Maybe you can answer this question for me as I don’t know anything about growing corn. How can I tell if my corn is done growing? The farmer that leases my crop ground planted some feed corn to leave standing for the deer. My ears are a little narrow and the kernels are small (maybe 1/2 of the size of regular corn. The kernels look dried out and it’s been dry at the farm. This week we are finally getting rain. There is a lot of silk coming from each ear. Will the rain help make the kernels bigger or are they done growing? Thanks!

 

[fishfryer]

Maybe you can answer this question for me as I don’t know anything about growing corn. How can I tell if my corn is done growing? The farmer that leases my crop ground planted some feed corn to leave standing for the deer. My ears are a little narrow and the kernels are small (maybe 1/2 of the size of regular corn. The kernels look dried out and it’s been dry at the farm. This week we are finally getting rain. There is a lot of silk coming from each ear. Will the rain help make the kernels bigger or are they done growing? Thanks!

If you’ve had dry weather and the ears have already silked out, and you’ve had dry weather it’s probably to the point where it’s too late for the rain to do any good. The corn needs moisture when it’s tasseling out the most. As it tassels(flowers) the ears begin forming. It needs water now! The individual silks lead to their own kernels. The ear is in the milk stage until it dries down completely, probably 2-3 months.

 

[Mackie889]

If you’ve had dry weather and the ears have already silked out, and you’ve had dry weather it’s probably to the point where it’s too late for the rain to do any good. The corn needs moisture when it’s tasseling out the most. As it tassels(flowers) the ears begin forming. It needs water now! The individual silks lead to their own kernels. The ear is in the milk stage until it dries down completely, probably 2-3 months.

Thanks very much for the info even though it wasn’t what I wanted to hear. Hopefully the deer will want to eat the smaller kernels anyways. Wish I had taken a pic of the shucked corn.

 

[Duff]

Those ears are not finished. They will get more full

 

[Mackie889]

Those ears are not finished. They will get more full

Awesome .... now that’s what I want to hear! ? Looking at my “FarmLogs” app, it looks as though the farm has gotten about 3” of rain over the last 6 days. Hopefully that will help. Thanks for the reply!