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no bees #8615308 05/22/26 04:53 PM 05/22/26 04:53 PM
Joined: Oct 2014 Wisconsin 8117 Steve R OP trapper
8117 Steve R OP trapper Joined: Oct 2014 Wisconsin	My apple tree is loaded with blossoms but no bees here yet. Is that going to be a problem? Steve WTA NRA

Re: no bees [Re: 8117 Steve R] #8615310 05/22/26 05:00 PM 05/22/26 05:00 PM
Joined: Jan 2007 NY R Rat_Pack trapper
Rat_Pack trapper R Joined: Jan 2007 NY	I don't know, but the same thing is going on here. Overall it has been cold. No honeybees, only bumbles

Re: no bees [Re: 8117 Steve R] #8615312 05/22/26 05:03 PM 05/22/26 05:03 PM
Joined: Oct 2014 Wisconsin 8117 Steve R OP trapper
8117 Steve R OP trapper Joined: Oct 2014 Wisconsin	I dont even have any bumblebees yet. Steve WTA NRA

Re: no bees [Re: 8117 Steve R] #8615320 05/22/26 05:21 PM 05/22/26 05:21 PM
Joined: Oct 2016 Michigan B BigBlackBirds trapper
BigBlackBirds trapper B Joined: Oct 2016 Michigan	We've had a roller coaster ride of poor pollination weather on this side of the lake so I'm guessing youre in the same boat. You must be quite a ways north as I took bees out of apple pollination around 10 days ago. But the weather was so poor during bloom that pollination couldnt have been great. And the king bloom was frosted hard. Do you normally have many bees show up? Around here apples compete on the front part of bloom with dandelions and on the end with autumn olive. Both of which are substantial draws for honey bees. Even in good flying weather that might also produce nectar, a lone apple tree here likely would see very little bee activity given the other food sources available.

Re: no bees [Re: 8117 Steve R] #8615325 05/22/26 05:34 PM 05/22/26 05:34 PM
Joined: Oct 2014 Wisconsin 8117 Steve R OP trapper
8117 Steve R OP trapper Joined: Oct 2014 Wisconsin	I am in the NW corner of Wisconsin, and usually we have lots of honeybees and bumblebees when the apples are blooming. The only thing working the trees now are hummingbirds and I doubt they will do much. Hopefully the blossoms are still on next week, we are supposed to get up to upper 80s and maybe the bees will be out and about. I have a crabapple that is loaded with blooms too. Dandelions are just now starting to bloom. Steve WTA NRA

Re: no bees [Re: 8117 Steve R] #8615328 05/22/26 05:51 PM 05/22/26 05:51 PM
Joined: Dec 2006 SW Pa B Bob Jameson trapper
Bob Jameson trapper B Joined: Dec 2006 SW Pa	We have had very few Carpenter bees, honey bees or brown wasp activity this year as of yet. Our weather I am sure has played a part in this lack of activity. A few late Spring frosts and single nites of freezing temperatures would impact many of them as well if they were exposed to those temps without any shelter. www.jamesonsultrablend.com www.wildlifepestcontrolservices.com

Re: no bees [Re: 8117 Steve R] #8615368 05/22/26 07:05 PM 05/22/26 07:05 PM
Joined: Dec 2006 ND M MJM trapper
MJM trapper M Joined: Dec 2006 ND	I have honey bees in everything blooming. There are hives up the road a little over a mile. When the caragana starts to bloom they get thick. "Not Really, Not Really" Mark J Monti "MJM you're a jerk."

Re: no bees [Re: 8117 Steve R] #8615387 05/22/26 07:19 PM 05/22/26 07:19 PM
Joined: Dec 2011 MT S snowy trapper
snowy trapper S Joined: Dec 2011 MT	Yep, bees are busy here in tree and in everything that has flowers now. I see a lot today at the ranch. Give me a fish, I will eat for a day. Teach me to fish, I will eat for a lifetime

Re: no bees [Re: 8117 Steve R] #8615406 05/22/26 07:43 PM 05/22/26 07:43 PM
Joined: Mar 2020 W NY Turtledale trapper
Turtledale trapper Joined: Mar 2020 W NY	Originally Posted by 8117 Steve R My apple tree is loaded with blossoms but no bees here yet. Is that going to be a problem? All kinds of insects to pollinate them besides the bees NYSTA, NTA, FTA, life member Erie county trappers assn.,life member Catt.county trappers

Re: no bees [Re: 8117 Steve R] #8615416 05/22/26 07:59 PM 05/22/26 07:59 PM
Joined: Mar 2018 Pa. B Bigbrownie trapper
Bigbrownie trapper B Joined: Mar 2018 Pa.	I’ve had bees for 53 years. Bees don’t always do what we think they should do. At my camp, I have an orchard, 23 apple trees. I also keep a bee yard there, five hives. Seldom will I see honey bees on my apple trees when they blossom. That’s because they want to work dandelions at that time, which is a far better nectar and pollen source. The fruit trees have lots of bumblebees and smaller native bees to pollinate them.

Re: no bees [Re: 8117 Steve R] #8615421 05/22/26 08:05 PM 05/22/26 08:05 PM
Joined: Feb 2022 Arkansas W WhiteCliffs trapper
WhiteCliffs trapper W Joined: Feb 2022 Arkansas	Depends - is it a self pollinating variety?

Re: no bees [Re: BigBlackBirds] #8615477 05/22/26 09:10 PM 05/22/26 09:10 PM
Joined: May 2011 Garden,Michigan B Buck (Zandra) trapper
Buck (Zandra) trapper B Joined: May 2011 Garden,Michigan	Originally Posted by BigBlackBirds We've had a roller coaster ride of poor pollination weather on this side of the lake so I'm guessing youre in the same boat. You must be quite a ways north as I took bees out of apple pollination around 10 days ago. But the weather was so poor during bloom that pollination couldnt have been great. And the king bloom was frosted hard. Do you normally have many bees show up? Around here apples compete on the front part of bloom with dandelions and on the end with autumn olive. Both of which are substantial draws for honey bees. Even in good flying weather that might also produce nectar, a lone apple tree here likely would see very little bee activity given the other food sources available. Here in the southern U.P. our apple trees haven't bloomed yet.A couple of days in the 60's,most daytime temps in the 40's -50's with night temps in the 30's,A couple of nights ago it was 30 exactly.Dandelions just popped up.My bees don't seem to have in interest in swarming yet Buck(formely known as Zandra)

Re: no bees [Re: 8117 Steve R] #8615545 05/22/26 10:40 PM 05/22/26 10:40 PM
Joined: Aug 2010 Asheville, NC C charles trapper
charles trapper C Joined: Aug 2010 Asheville, NC	Bats are pollinators too.

Re: no bees [Re: charles] #8615573 05/22/26 11:40 PM 05/22/26 11:40 PM
Joined: Dec 2006 Oregon beaverpeeler trapper
beaverpeeler trapper Joined: Dec 2006 Oregon	Originally Posted by charles Bats are pollinators too. Not for apple trees. My fear of moving stairs is escalating!

Re: no bees [Re: 8117 Steve R] #8615680 05/23/26 09:22 AM 05/23/26 09:22 AM
Joined: Dec 2006 Very SE Nebraska G Gary Benson trapper
Gary Benson trapper G Joined: Dec 2006 Very SE Nebraska	Have you had wind? Thats a pollinator too Life ain't supposed to be easy.

Re: no bees [Re: WhiteCliffs] #8615684 05/23/26 09:26 AM 05/23/26 09:26 AM
Joined: Oct 2014 Wisconsin 8117 Steve R OP trapper
8117 Steve R OP trapper Joined: Oct 2014 Wisconsin	Originally Posted by WhiteCliffs Depends - is it a self pollinating variety? I dont think it is, because when I planted it I was told to plant a crab apple close by. Steve WTA NRA

Re: no bees [Re: 8117 Steve R] #8615695 05/23/26 09:40 AM 05/23/26 09:40 AM
Joined: Feb 2022 Arkansas W WhiteCliffs trapper
WhiteCliffs trapper W Joined: Feb 2022 Arkansas	Originally Posted by 8117 Steve R Originally Posted by WhiteCliffs Depends - is it a self pollinating variety? I dont think it is, because when I planted it I was told to plant a crab apple close by. A lot of times they recommend a different variety tree for “best” pollination - even with self pollinating trees. You MAY still get a crop

Re: no bees [Re: 8117 Steve R] #8615703 05/23/26 10:06 AM 05/23/26 10:06 AM
Joined: Dec 2008 MN W walleye101 trapper
walleye101 trapper W Joined: Dec 2008 MN	Was wondering the same thing here in Northern MN. Our wild blueberries are blooming and no bees around. I've never seen, or noticed this many blossoms, but it seems early for here.

Re: no bees [Re: 8117 Steve R] #8615806 05/23/26 03:38 PM 05/23/26 03:38 PM
Joined: Dec 2006 Oakland, MS Drifter trapper
Drifter trapper Joined: Dec 2006 Oakland, MS	Not seeing honey bee3 here likt usual in Mississippi Some individuals use statistics as a drunk man uses lamp-posts — for support rather than for illumination. Andrew Lang (1844-1912) Scottish poet, novelist and literary critic Life member NTA , and GA Trappers assoc .

Re: no bees [Re: 8117 Steve R] #8615846 05/23/26 05:15 PM 05/23/26 05:15 PM
Joined: Dec 2006 Very SE Nebraska G Gary Benson trapper
Gary Benson trapper G Joined: Dec 2006 Very SE Nebraska	Where could they bee? Life ain't supposed to be easy.

Re: no bees [Re: 8117 Steve R] #8616217 05/24/26 02:45 PM 05/24/26 02:45 PM
Joined: Dec 2006 SW Pa B Bob Jameson trapper
Bob Jameson trapper B Joined: Dec 2006 SW Pa	I know we should have a boat load of wild choke cherries this year. My big cherry trees were choked full of blossoms until our last storm and winds. Should be lots of food for the coon and opossums. www.jamesonsultrablend.com www.wildlifepestcontrolservices.com

Re: no bees [Re: 8117 Steve R] #8616256 05/24/26 04:34 PM 05/24/26 04:34 PM
Joined: Oct 2014 Wisconsin 8117 Steve R OP trapper
8117 Steve R OP trapper Joined: Oct 2014 Wisconsin	Bumblebees showed up today, maybe I will be ok. Steve WTA NRA

Re: no bees [Re: 8117 Steve R] #8616345 05/24/26 08:07 PM 05/24/26 08:07 PM
Joined: Dec 2006 East-Central Wisconsin B bblwi trapper
bblwi trapper B Joined: Dec 2006 East-Central Wisconsin	Talked to an orchard owner today with several thousand trees. The orchard is in eastern WI. He stated they had one of the best bloom years they have ever had but with all of our cool and cold nights bee activity has been slow and late. He is hoping that pollination has been good but is very cautious. Bryce

Re: no bees [Re: 8117 Steve R] #8616603 05/25/26 10:35 AM 05/25/26 10:35 AM
Joined: Jun 2015 rogers city mi. J jeff karsten trapper
jeff karsten trapper J Joined: Jun 2015 rogers city mi.	Seen my first bumblebee this morning big sucker so I take that as a good sign last year didnt see any till august and they were small had very few cucumbers and no pumpkins or squash till then long vines lots of flowers no fruit didnt see any squash bees either Thinking that ice storm we had last march had a lot to do with it olden tyred

Re: no bees [Re: 8117 Steve R] #8616615 05/25/26 10:49 AM 05/25/26 10:49 AM
Joined: Oct 2016 Michigan B BigBlackBirds trapper
BigBlackBirds trapper B Joined: Oct 2016 Michigan	I would think there’s quite a few bee colonies up your way. Lots of big commercial outfits chasing star thistle honey around in that country. But they often don’t migrate into that area much before mid summer when thistle is really rolling along and there’s fairly warm weather. Also might be hard for a garden spot to pull bees in once they’ve keyed in on the thistle as it’s a pretty heavy nectar source more often than not

Re: no bees [Re: 8117 Steve R] #8616820 05/25/26 08:53 PM 05/25/26 08:53 PM
Joined: Dec 2008 MN W walleye101 trapper
walleye101 trapper W Joined: Dec 2008 MN	Crisis averted. Temps well over 80 today and bees everywhere. Working the blueberries like it's their job.

Re: no bees [Re: 8117 Steve R] #8617215 05/26/26 08:55 PM 05/26/26 08:55 PM
Joined: Jan 2007 MN 160user trapper
160user trapper Joined: Jan 2007 MN	They are late but I have never seen this many Bumble Bees. They are everywhere! All of the apple trees with white blossoms are bloomed and the reds and pinks are only a couple of days behind. The apples are LOADED with blossoms this year and so are the pincherries and blueberries. It may be a tough year for the bear hunters. I slept with the windows open last night and the whole house smelled like apple blossoms this morning.........until I fried bacon. I have nothing clever to put here.

Re: no bees [Re: 8117 Steve R] #8621257 06/05/26 08:16 AM 06/05/26 08:16 AM
Joined: Oct 2014 Wisconsin 8117 Steve R OP trapper
8117 Steve R OP trapper Joined: Oct 2014 Wisconsin	I have apples, bumblebees must have arrived in time, they showed up towards the end of the bloom. Steve WTA NRA

Re: no bees [Re: 8117 Steve R] #8621263 06/05/26 08:35 AM 06/05/26 08:35 AM
Joined: Dec 2006 Wisconsin R RdFx trapper
RdFx trapper R Joined: Dec 2006 Wisconsin	The small Miner bee pollinates more than honey bees. The Miner bee goes out earlier in cooler mornings and stays out later in day. RdFx

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