梨花白如雪， 蜂鸣已是春

–小蜜爱人【梨花题记】

金鸭香消欲断魂，梨花春雨掩重门。
–戴叔伦 【春怨】

独卧郡斋寥落意，隔帘微雨湿梨花。
–吕温【道州郡斋卧疾寄东馆诸贤】

它的花药没有打开时是漂亮的粉色的。

当香收柏叶，养蜜近梨花。
–刘禹锡【同乐天和微之深春二十首】

花药打开以后就变成黄色， 然后老了就变褐色了。

好是梨花相映处，更胜松雪日初晴。

–司空图【杨柳枝寿杯词十八首】

柳色黄金嫩，梨花白雪香。
–李白【宫中行乐词八首】

梨花千树雪，杨叶万条烟。
–李白【送别】

千树梨花百壶酒，共君论饮莫论诗。
–曹唐【小游仙诗九十八首】

梨花雪压枝，莺啭柳如丝。
–温庭筠【太子西池二首（一作齐梁体）】

这个蜜蜂是不是看起来不一样？ 她是东方蜜蜂Apis cerana. 中国都叫它中蜂（中华蜜蜂）

徒教柳叶长，漫使梨花开。
–岑参【虢州南池候严中丞不至】

这个就不是蜜蜂了， 虽然很多人分不清。 是食蚜蝇的一种。 它模拟蜂的样子，让它的天敌以为它也可以蛰对方。这个估计是模拟一种熊蜂。

园林新到日，春酒酌梨花
–赵嘏【送友人郑州归觐】。

这个假小蜜就更像蜜蜂了。

With an annual output of 26 million tons of pears worldwide, China accounts for 18 million tons. Argentina, the United States, and Italy each have about 750,000 tons. There are also many varieties of Chinese pears.

The pear flower’s bee dependence index is 50%, which means that without pollination by bees, it can also produce 50%. Whereas large almonds and blueberries are 100%, apples and cherries are 90%. The output value of pears in Michigan is only 1.2 million US dollars (2015 data), which only accounts for one thousandth of the total value of Michigan ’s agricultural products that rely on bees each year (nearly one billion US dollars). I haven’t seen blooming pear orchards in Michigan, and I guess they will pollinate bees.

The caption and other photos were taken at the Pear Garden of Jiangxi Agricultural University (2012.4.1, thanks to Professor Zeng Zhi, the director of the Bee Research Institute of Jiangxi Agricultural University for being accompanied!), Next to the Tao Garden (yesterday’s Peach Blossom was taken on the same day). The next two inscriptions are the peas ( Pyrus calleryana ) behind my house on March 28, 2012. The American name is Flowering Pear, which is originally from China. The fruit is only as big as soybeans, but as beautiful as pear blossoms. It is a pity that the smell of flowers is rather stinky, and many people don’t like it. I guess I can graft pear branches on it. The flowers of the pears that I eat also seem to have any smell. The bees are not very fond of it. The bees on that day were obviously less than the peach flowers. Maybe pear flower can spray some queen queen hormones to stimulate bee collection, or remove some of the tastes that bees don’t like when breeding.

Ancient Chinese scholars wrote no less than pear blossom poems, maybe more? But more than 60% are sad. I struggled to find some positive photos to match the bee photos (except photos of rainy pear blossoms).

Although the pear tree is also Rosaceae, it is not a genus with most other fruits. It is Pyrus, with more than 30 different species worldwide and more varieties.