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Bees in the Gravenstein apples and the Brooks plum. Looked like maybe a few migratory bees around today. Pear orchards are blooming and the cherries are just starting to.

#BloomScrollingWithBee #bees #HoneyBee #pollinators #AppleTree #PlumTree #orchard #pollination #FruitTree #April16 #beekeeping

A photo of an open apple blossom with a honey bee in it and another bee flying below it.

A photo of an apple blossom with a bee up in it. There are unopened ones nearby. It is sunny. The sky is clear.

A honey bee in a Brooks plum tree blossom.

The Comice pear has open blooms and the Spitzenburg apple tree that's on it's own roots is showing some pink.

#orchard #FruitBlossom #PearBlossom #AppleBlossom #EsopusSpitzenburg #AppleTree #PearTree #gardening #garden #GrowYourOwn #April16

A photo showing two open comice pear blossoms. They have white petals with some yellow and pink bits inside. There are many unopened blossoms around them and new shiny pear leaves.

A photo showing unopened Esopus Spitzenburg apple blossoms. They are pink to red color emerging from fuzzy gray sepals on a long stem. The view is from the side.

April 16

This day in history:

1963 – U.S. civil rights campaigner Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. writes his open letter from Birmingham Jail, sometimes known as "The Negro Is Your Brother", while incarcerated in Birmingham, Alabama, for protesting against segregation.
73 – Masada, a Jewish fortress, falls to the Romans after several months of siege, ending the First Jewish–Roman War.
1863 – American Civil War: During the Vicksburg Campaign, gunboats commanded by acting Rear Admiral David Dixon Porter run downriver past Confederate artillery batteries at Vicksburg.
1922 – The Treaty of Rapallo, pursuant to which Germany and the Soviet Union re-establish diplomatic relations, is signed.

Births:

1971 – Cameron Blades, Australian rugby player
1940 – Thomas Stonor, 7th Baron Camoys, English banker and politician, Lord Chamberlain of the United Kingdom (d. 2023)
1922 – Lawrence N. Guarino, American colonel (d. 2014)

Deaths:

2014 – Gyude Bryant, Liberian businessman and politician (b. 1949)
1999 – Skip Spence, Canadian-American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1946)
1942 – Denis St. George Daly, Irish polo player (b. 1862)

Holidays:

National Healthcare Decisions Day (United States)
Birthday of José de Diego (Puerto Rico, United States)
Remembrance of Chemical Attack on Balisan and Sheikh Wasan (Iraqi Kurdistan)

Random Article of the day:

Dennis Iapichino

One Jonathan apple blossom open. It's on the 1 out of 4 branches/leaders of a Gravenstein tree. I guess some of the early Gravenstein bloom will be pollinated.

#orchard #AppleTree #AppleBlossom #pollinators #gardening #garden #Malus #April16 #HoneyBee #bees #bee

A photo showing one open apple blossom that has a honey bee on it. It is a Jonathan apple blossom that's on a multi grafted tree.

A small native pollinator on the Imperial Epineuse Plum, Prunus domestica.

#orchard #prunus #NativePollinators #bee #bees #FruitBlossom #PlumBlossom #gardening #April16

A photo showing a single plum blossom with a tiny bee on one of the petals. The flower is white with 5 petals. The bee is black with a gold/yellow and black striped abdomen.

The red currants are blooming and getting pollinated.

#gardening #pollinators #FruitBlossoms #HoneyBee #RedCurrant #GreenFlowers #bees #garden #April16 #BloomScrollingWithBee

A photo showing red currant flowers and one honey bee. The flowers are green and sort of flat with curled petals.

Tomatoes and tomatillo thinned to one, and the 2024 Gravenstein scion wood rooting attempt had lots of leaf. I put a little rooting hormone in the water but it's old so I've ordered some new. The cuttings are bagged and off to the side so they're not getting full light.

#gardening #GrowYourOwn #tomatoes #tomatillo #propagation #garden #GrowLights #April16

A photo showing two plant trays with 20 tomato plants and 7 tomatillo. The tomatillo need two plants to pollinate better so 2 extra becomes 4.

A photo showing saved Campari tomato seedlings in six tall square pots. There are 3-4 seedlings in each pots. They were all up, uncovered, and off the heat 2 days ago.

A photo showing 1 year old Gravenstein apple scion cuttings that have leaves growing. There are four of them. They are in a plastic lidded container that has a hole cut in the lid and it has water in it. They had been stored in moist sealed bags in a refrigerator and the ends were callused up so it's possible they will make roots.

Russia-Ukraine war: Frontline update as of April 16

https://newsukraine.rbc.ua/news/russia-ukraine-war-frontline-update-as-of-1744818748.html

#WarOfAggression #Europa #Ukraine #April16 #army #update #Frontline #war #Russia #WarCriminal #occupiers #defenders
#перемогаYкраїни

April 16

This day in history:

1919 – Mohandas Gandhi organizes a day of "prayer and fasting" in response to the killing of Indian protesters in the Jallianwala Bagh massacre by the British colonial troops three days earlier.
1881 – In Dodge City, Kansas, Bat Masterson fights his last gun battle.
1942 – King George VI awarded the George Cross to the people of Malta in appreciation of their heroism.
2014 – The South Korean ferry MV Sewol capsizes and sinks near Jindo Island, killing 304 passengers and crew and leading to widespread criticism of the South Korean government, media, and shipping authorities.

Births:

1923 – Warren Barker, American composer (d. 2006)
1728 – Joseph Black, French-Scottish physician and chemist (d. 1799)
1986 – Peter Regin, Danish ice hockey player

Deaths:

1958 – Rosalind Franklin, English biophysicist and academic (b. 1920)
2013 – Pedro Ramírez Vázquez, Mexican architect, designed the Tijuana Cultural Center and National Museum of Anthropology (b. 1919)
1899 – Emilio Jacinto, Filipino journalist and activist (b. 1875)

Holidays:

Birthday of Queen Margrethe II (Denmark)
Remembrance of Chemical Attack on Balisan and Sheikh Wasan (Iraqi Kurdistan)
Birthday of José de Diego (Puerto Rico, United States)

Random Article of the day:

Taranysh

Taranysh (Russian: Тараныш) is a rural locality (a village) in Beryozovsky District, Perm Krai, Russia. The population was 10 as of 2010.

Astrology April 16, 2024
Late last night, the Moon moved into Leo... #April16 #moon #leo #astrology #zodiac #horoscope #forecast #journeywithin #eaglecondorastrology https://www.journeywithin.llc/blogs/astrology https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZPRTEc6fe/

Song of the Day April 16 2024

In remembrance of the birth of Selena Quintanilla bka Selena

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Selena

Selena - "I Could Fall In Love"

https://youtu.be/XBCDvINm0Vo?si=pCNEBuUjuXYnDTEU

#SongOfTheDay #SOTD #SOTD2024 #April16 #SelenaQuintanilla #Selena #Tejano #Music #MusicVideo #Pop #1990s

Song of the Day April 16 2024

In remembrance of the birth of Selena Quintanilla bka Selena

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Selena

Selena - "I Could Fall In Love"

https://youtu.be/XBCDvINm0Vo?si=pCNEBuUjuXYnDTEU

#SongOfTheDay #SOTD #SOTD2024 #April16 #SelenaQuintanilla #Selena #Tejano #Music #MusicVideo #Pop #1990s

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YOSHIKI To Perform U.S. National Anthem At Dodger Stadium In Los Angeles On April 16th For "Hello Kitty Night", Before The Dodgers Vs. Nationals Baseball Game
Japanese music legend Yoshiki - leader of X Japan and The Last Rockstars - will perform the U.S. national anthem at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles

https://bravewords.com/news/yoshiki-to-perform-u-s-national-anthem-at-dodger-stadium-in-los-angeles-on-april-16th-for-hello-kitty-night-before-the-dodgers-vs-nationals-baseball-game

#Yoshiki #USNationalAnthem #DodgerStadium #LosAngeles #April16 #HelloKittyNight #Dodgers #Nationals #BaseballGame