January 8 was the date. Obviously skunk cabbage in
bloom. Usually this is around the ides of February!
Am still feeding my bees. Started 1nov and won't
quit until the honeyflow, May 1. I want those
colonies to bee boiling w/ bees by then.
 
**John Iannuzzi, Ph.D.
**38 years in apiculture
**12 hives of Italian honeybees
**At Historic Ellicott City, Maryland, 21042, U.S.A. (10 miles west of
   Baltimore, Maryland) [9772 Old Annapolis Rd - 410 730 5279]
**"Forsooth there is some good in things evil
   For bees extract sweetness from the weed" -- Bard of Avon
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