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[mIEKAL aND <dtv@mwt.net>]

After half hour of looking yesterday I found one bumble bee & one  
honey bee in our apple orchard which has 30 + full grown apple trees  
in full bloom.  I was thinking that the warming of temperatures would  
bring them out but no go.  & all organic no spray here.

~mIEKAL

150 miles south of Jim—

On May 27, 2008, at 9:43 AM, Erdman, James wrote:

> 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.