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Blooms on a Big Leaf Maple tree are among the first to arrive — providing floral nectar and pollen for early-season foraging bees. (Dean Fosdick via AP)

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Winter and early spring are lean times for honeybees as they emerge from their hives, where food supplies are dwindling, to forage.

By Associated Press November 24, 2017