>I'm jealous!!!! In the Boston area, we still have more than1 foot of snow
>on the ground, with a Nor'easter prediced for Thursday with "strong
>winds and snow, possibly heavy at times".  Somehow, I haven't noticed
>the pollen.....  I have noticed a bit of spring fever, though ;-)
>
>Rick Hough, Hamilton, MA, USA
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Rick,
 
   Quite a contrast.  I grew up in extreme NW Minnesota and know what you
mean.  Today we expect the temperature to rise to about 80 degrees.
 
   On our last grant proposal we had an "expert" bee researcher who claimed
that we shouldn't have as much money as requested because we obviously
couldn't do research in the winter.  Eucalyptus started blooming last
November, manzanita in January, and lemonadeberry in February.  Now the
yellow mustard is in full bloom and swarming season is already half over.
 
 
   One sometimes wonders where NSF gets some of their "expert" reviewers.
Worse yet, the panel seems most often to take them seriously, I guess
because they are experts.
 
   Good luck on weathering the storm.
                                                        Adrian
 
 
 
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