97089
Sarcococca ruscifolia (Fragrant sweet box), just started smells nice when we hit 50 degrees.
Hitting 50 about an hour each day this week.
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Sarcococca ruscifolia (Fragrant sweet box), just started smells nice when we hit 50 degrees.
Hitting 50 about an hour each day this week.
35653
Dandelion 01/20/12
Henbit 02/02/12
Ornamental fruit tree 02/01/12
Forsythica 01/15/12
haven't got to check out the maple and popular
45053 - Okeana, OH
Maple 2/4/12 (I wouldn't believe it if I hadn't seen it with my own eyes. bees were bringing in pollen)
You are lucky. In our Europe temperatures have gone bad. For two weeks we have frost to minus -10 and - 30 degrees. My bees do not know how long will it last, especially since the period that was supposed to start growing brood.
47454
Paoli, IN
2-7-12
Henbit
50-55 degrees bees were working the blooms
•37880
•Ten Mile, TN
•2/6/12
•daffodils (dandelions and hen bit were already blooming)
•bees are really buzzing and bringing in lots of pollen - temps in the 60s.
Ornamental fruit trees, just starting
94519
72012
07 Feb 2012
Maple
97132 (Yamhill Co. Oregon)
Filberts have started "blooming". They actually produce catkins, not flowers, but the bees are still getting pollen off them - between rain showers.
28732
Red maple 2/6/2012
Went to the wood stack and couldn't believe what I saw when I looked up.
30427
02/01/2012 - Cliftonia monophylla "buckwheat tree" or "black titi"
02/09/2012 - Viola spp. "violet"
09 Feb 2012
72012
daffodils (Have not seen bees on these)
Carolina Beauties (Bees go nuts over these)
Henbit (bees really like this)
Feb 10th 2012
47454
Paoli, IN
red maples starting. 10 days earlier than last year
10 doubles, 3 singles, 15 nucs
no losses yet!
I do not think I caught them on the 1st day but no more than 2
Almonds full bloom
95642 Jackson CA
95658 Sutter Creek CA
95601 Amador City CA
All around 1000 FT elv.
30427
02/14/2012 - Crataegus flava "yellow hawthorn"
02/13/2012 - Pyrus communis "common pear"
02/10/2012 - Viburnum nudum "possumhaw"
02/10/2012 - Rhododendron canescens "wild azalea"
Garrett
37742
dandelion
2/16/2012
Manzanita, & mustard in bloom
94519
22960
Maples started blooming today...just a bit early
29102.......
Maples, dandelions, jonguils..........
Lion heart plum, 94519, just starting to bloom.