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.

Bumblebees showed up today, maybe I will be ok.

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

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

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

Crisis averted. Temps well over 80 today and bees everywhere. Working the blueberries like it's their job.