bornagain62511
5 year old buck +
Hi all, I was just wondering if there is an "expiration date" on apple blossoms, or any fruit blossoms for that matter, if we have cool wet weather while they are in full bloom and the bees are not active to pollinate them? In other words, when blossoms fully open, if they don't get pollinated within a certain number of days, do they "die" or lose their ability to be pollinated and produce fruit? Some of our apple trees have had blossoms in full bloom for almost a week now and all that time the weather has been way too cold, cloudy, and rainy for the bees to even come out of the hives. We have plenty of bees here with about a dozen good hives, but the weather forecast doesn't look like the bees will be working until Wednesday of this week at the earliest. Will the blossoms remain viable if they have been fully opened for a week to 10 days without having been pollinated until we get warmer sunny weather so that the bees can do their work?
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