Holly

[Jacobs]

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I just stepped out my front door to get the mail and smelled the familiar fragrance of holly in bloom. Sure enough, one variety has bloomed and the honey bees are working it. This is nuts!

[Jacobs]

These hard freezes have significantly damaged buds and blooms from the holly type bushes. I'm trying to look at the potential "bright side"--if the buds from the tulip poplars have not been damaged too badly, the holly bloom will be out of the way at tulip poplar bloom time. These usually happen about the same time in my neighborhood and the bees prefer the holly. Maybe this year, if tulip poplar is the main thing going when it blooms, I'll get the darker, richer flavored honey this year.