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Subject:	Weren't we just talking about this?
From:	Richard Cryberg <[log in to unmask]>
Reply To:	Informed Discussion of Beekeeping Issues and Bee Biology <[log in to unmask]>
Date:	Thu, 30 Apr 2020 19:07:44 +0000
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I have no clue why maples would produce nectar.  But, nothing else is blooming when soft maples start in late Feb or early March other than a few ornamentals my wife grows such as heathers and winter aconite.  I do see evidence many years of small amounts of nectar coming in.  I have also seen honey bees working on broken twigs or limbs that are leaking sap.  Soft maple sap is only about 1% sugar so I can not think they could get much good from it other than the water content.  Perhaps also some native insects pollinate them?  Not many natives out that early.

Dick

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