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["Erdman, James" <ErdmanJ@uwstout.edu>]

I finally saw a couple of honeybees in town on some ornamental crab
apples.  I haven't seen even one on our fruit trees at home, but finally
did see a single bumble bee and a few smaller bees on apple blossoms.  I
sure hope that there are more of them out there that I didn't see, as
everything seems to be covered with blooms.  Last year it was almost
mid-June before I saw any honeybees at home.

Jim, in Menomonie, WI, zone 4 in western Wisconsin.