I pollinated apples in the northeast. The orchardist wanted the bees in the
orchard until the petals fell. He then sprayed a thinner, Sevin I think, to thin
out the "set."
                                                                Mike

Allen Dick wrote:

> The grower may not want too heavy a crop in orchards, so I understand they will
> pull out the bees early to spray and end the bloom.  I don't know.