So today was a total eclipse in Austin, TX. The totality fell over my house. The sky grew dark, and even though we had clouds, I was able to see the eclipse. The birds went quiet and the bees stopped flying.
In other news, I’m seeing Indian Painbrush popping east of Austin, I think our honeyflow is near.
I spoke with a beekeeper one county south of Travis. She said that they have supers full of mesquite honey, so apparently mesquite flow this year is good.
Interesting…birds were very active here at the Eclipse start in calls and then got eerily quiet for awhile. Not a full Eclipse in my location.