In a prior post, I speculated that the plum blossoms would be ruined, resulting in (yet another) bad fruit year.  As I wandered the garden this morning, I was delighted by the familiar buzz of hundreds (sounding like thousands) of European honey bees (Apius mellifera) happily foraging in the plum boughs.  The flowers, sagging and covered with snow just two days ago, seem to have weathered the storm in fine shape, and with any luck, between the bees and the weather I might just get some plums after all.