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…

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)…