Most photos taken Saturday, 4/3/2010, Okemos, Michigan. Others taken earlier are noted.

Saturday afternoon, my wife took me to Walmart. Not interested in shopping, I stood outside observing maple flowers, hoping to see a honey bee foraging on them. I…

Saturday. Had a long MBA board meeting (10 ???????? 13:00), then worked in office until around 3:30. Came home, saw the crocus still blooming and sunny (it had been returning to a bit of cold since my last photo session…

Mike Hansen (Michigan State Apiariest)???? just sent me the paper via email ???????? the paper was published quite recently (March 19th). Look at what we have been putting into the beehives! Some of the pesticides (especially those in pollen)…

It has been nice the last couple of days (if you are in Michigan, over 55F is nice and ???????warm!???????). So I wondered if bees are flying and took a walk in the campus today.

1. I noticed crocus were…