Since the Treasure Valley Beekeepers Club (Boise, ID) started in 2008, one of the local-yokels has been keeping track of first blooms in the Valley. That info is viewable here: https://www.idabees.org/first-blooms.html This site provides photo evidence of this year's first bloom followed by a chart depicting each event back to 2008. For the good of the order, over the years there have been a few locals that have decried this info as not being representative of their immediate area. This year, with the help of Perplexity AI, a generalized disclaimer was included for the benefit of the few. As such, one will note a passing reference to the recent catastrophe of an airplane hanger that collapsed during construction a few days ago. While AI might be smart, it ain't that smart. *********************************************** The BEE-L mailing list is powered by L-Soft's renowned LISTSERV(R) list management software. For more information, go to: http://www.lsoft.com/LISTSERV-powered.html