Good Morning Barb Miller I really cannot speak for the Penn area, but here in middle upper Georgia my bees will bring in pollen in January. With the weather a bit on the lopside we had the Red Maples blooming very early in January. It is good that you are noticing what your bees are doing. Now take your opera glasses and look at the peculiar red blooms on the maple trees. Take a walk in the fields and woods and look for small and very small flowering plants, bushes, shrubs and trees. I belive you will be an excellent bee keeper. Each day something is blooming, and here in upper middle Georgia we have yellow bells (Forsythia) and Flowering Quince with a light dusting of snow or covered in ice. But I tend to talk much. Happy beekeeping. Regards, J. C. Peacock, :-} Retired from 5 day work week. Grandfather to 6. Small craft sailor. Planting Zone, Cotton, Apples and Peaches & 2 lb tomatoes. 18 yrs B kpr. "Every day discover something new in the every day things around you, look at things differently." Approx; 33.15N, 84.23W ___________________________________________________________________ You don't need to buy Internet access to use free Internet e-mail. Get completely free e-mail from Juno at http://www.juno.com/getjuno.html or call Juno at (800) 654-JUNO [654-5866]