Wednesday, February 24, 2010

Cloudy with a chance of honey balls (get it? :)

Here's the deal with bees: Bees do not fly when the air temperature is below 55 degree F.  Neither do they come out when the wind velocity is above 12 mph. Any signs of rain shut them off as well.

Tues morning was cool and cloudy with no bee activity but around noon it cleared up to mostly cloudy but with some sunshine (temp 50's). The bees took advantage of the opportunity and were very active. We are so glad we have strong colonies that can take good advantage of the limited pollination time that we have had. 

The trees will be blooming for several more days, hopefully?  One of the attached pictures shows the Monterey with some unopened blossoms remaining. The Nonpariel are on the later half of their bloom time.





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