In the Hudson Valley of NY we are also finding very few native pollinators on dandelions as of late morning into the mid-afternoon. Carpenter bees are plentiful but few honeybees or orchard bees. By the end of the day we will be at 50% bloom on Ginger Gold with 1st bloom observed only yesterday. Blossoms opening on Golden Delicious and McIntosh today.
Peter J. Jentsch Senior Extension Associate - Entomology Department of Entomology Cornell University¹s Hudson Valley Lab P.O. Box 727, 3357 Rt. 9W Highland, NY 12528 Office: 845-691-7151 Cell: 845-417-7465 FAX: 845-691-2719 On 5/2/13 2:03 PM, "David Doud" <[email protected]> wrote: >indeed - the dandelions are empty - few bumblebees - > >I have a half dozen hives of honeybees on the property, managed by >mediocre bee keeper, but they are flying - I have about 20 acres of tree >fruit and have always considered the native pollinators to be adequate to >the job, this year may be different - > >on the other hand, I don't know that I want a complete pollination job >this year - I have been vacillating for the last 36 hours whether to call >in some more honeybees - my current thinking is that I'll just ride what >I have and count on it being enough - > >I'm in north central Indiana - >D > > >On May 2, 2013, at 1:06 PM, Frank Carlson wrote: > >> David: >> I forgot where you are located. Here in Harvard, MA, we have just been >> commenting on the lack of wild bees as we are about to open on McIntosh. >> There also are less bumble bees visible . >> Frank Carlson >> >> Franklyn W. Carlson, Pres. >> Carlson Orchards, Inc. >> 115 Oak Hill Road >> P.O.Box 359 >> Harvard, MA. 01451 >> 617-968-4180 cell >> 978-456-3916 office >> >> >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: [email protected] >> [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of David Doud >> Sent: Thursday, May 02, 2013 11:02 AM >> To: Apple-Crop >> Subject: [apple-crop] native pollinators >> >> Another casualty of last year's freak weather is the population of >>native >> pollinators - my asian pears entered full bloom over the last 48 hours - >> other years they are surrounded by a cloud of several species of >>solitary >> pollinators, this year that activity is roughly 10% of what I am >>accustomed >> to observing - >> >> The first apple bloom opened yesterday - 72 hours ago at tight cluster I >> considered the amount of bloom as 'full' but not particularly >>remarkable, >> now bloom has seemingly spontaneously generated to an amount that I >>cannot >> remember observing in the past - it's going to be spectacular, but has >>upped >> my anxiety about the potential 'big crop of little green apples' - hope >> thinners are effective.... >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> apple-crop mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://virtualorchard.net/mailman/listinfo/apple-crop > >_______________________________________________ >apple-crop mailing list >[email protected] >http://virtualorchard.net/mailman/listinfo/apple-crop > _______________________________________________ apple-crop mailing list [email protected] http://virtualorchard.net/mailman/listinfo/apple-crop
