Bloom Dates
Quote from bhedrick on February 12, 2018, 11:12 AMI think most NC beekeepers have at least gotten wind of red maples blooming by now. I saw the following phenology site posted on Beesource.com several weeks ago. I've kept up with it since. It appears to be a good, reliable source for bloom dates. It takes a few click-throughs/selections to generate reports. The end schedules are pretty sweet though!
The main site is here:
https://www.usanpn.org/usa-national-phenology-network
The actual observational data is here:
https://data.usanpn.org/observations/
I've been using the intensity observation reports with a query of tree flowers and/or pollen in NC and dates of the current year. If you would like to see a sample of the data in can produce, just shoot me an email (brhedric@ncsu.edu), and I'll send you what I can.
My bees in Sophia are still working dry pollen sub pretty hard.
Happy Beekeeping,
Brandon
I think most NC beekeepers have at least gotten wind of red maples blooming by now. I saw the following phenology site posted on Beesource.com several weeks ago. I've kept up with it since. It appears to be a good, reliable source for bloom dates. It takes a few click-throughs/selections to generate reports. The end schedules are pretty sweet though!
The main site is here:
https://www.usanpn.org/usa-national-phenology-network
The actual observational data is here:
https://data.usanpn.org/observations/
I've been using the intensity observation reports with a query of tree flowers and/or pollen in NC and dates of the current year. If you would like to see a sample of the data in can produce, just shoot me an email (brhedric@ncsu.edu), and I'll send you what I can.
My bees in Sophia are still working dry pollen sub pretty hard.
Happy Beekeeping,
Brandon
Quote from markcase on February 17, 2018, 11:30 AMRed maples around Randleman area finally bloomed over the past couple days Red maples around the Southern Guilford area blue lead Friday, February 16
Dead nettle all around Randolph County is now in full bloom
Red maples around Randleman area finally bloomed over the past couple days Red maples around the Southern Guilford area blue lead Friday, February 16
Dead nettle all around Randolph County is now in full bloom
Quote from bhedrick on February 19, 2018, 5:39 PMA camellia in my yard bloomed out this past weekend (pollen source). As Mark mentioned, red maple and dead nettle in full swing! I traveled to Mooresville, NC on Saturday, and there were lots of blooms a little further south! I saw several trees with white blooms. Passing at 60 mph, it was tough to tell, but I'm guessing wild bradford pears or cherries. I saw several ornamental peaches too.
A camellia in my yard bloomed out this past weekend (pollen source). As Mark mentioned, red maple and dead nettle in full swing! I traveled to Mooresville, NC on Saturday, and there were lots of blooms a little further south! I saw several trees with white blooms. Passing at 60 mph, it was tough to tell, but I'm guessing wild bradford pears or cherries. I saw several ornamental peaches too.
Quote from lyndagaskill on April 7, 2018, 4:00 PMApple Trees are blooming here...blueberries have tons of buds!
Apple Trees are blooming here...blueberries have tons of buds!
Quote from lyndagaskill on April 9, 2018, 8:52 AMOur holly is in full flowering mode...lots of flowers!
Our holly is in full flowering mode...lots of flowers!
Quote from lyndagaskill on April 13, 2018, 7:12 PMOur pecan trees are flowering...
Our pecan trees are flowering...