> Hi Everyone;
>
> I'm in a strange situation here in central Indiana.  The weather here has
> been up and down all winter with serious stress to all plants and other
> living creatures.  Last weekend spring finally hit and I watched my 2
> hives carefully sure that I would see the wonderful sight of bees heavily
> laden with pollen coming in for percarious landings.  I was wrong - not
> more than 10% were coming in with any visible pollen and no heavy loads.
> Two other local bee hobbies saw the same thing.
>
> What I think has happened is that the maples around here were just about
> to burst forth in flower just as the last cold snap hit (20 degress at
> night) and this appears to have done in most of the maple pollen.  I have
> maple flowers falling all over today and still no great pollen rush for
> the bees.
>
> Can anyone tell me how serious this lost of an important early pollen
> sourec will be and what plant/tree should be next in line as a spring
> pollen soure?
>
> Thanks
>
> Lisa K.
> Zionsville IN
>