Looks like good pollination on the apricot tree even though I'll probably remove all but a few if they set.

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April 9

This day in history:

• 2009 – In Tbilisi, Georgia, up to 60,000 people protest against the government of Mikheil Saakashvili.
• 1860 – On his phonautograph machine, Édouard-Léon Scott de Martinville makes the first known recording of an audible human voice.
• 2011 – Six people and the perpetrator are killed and 17 injured in a mass shooting at a shopping mall in Alphen aan den Rijn, Netherlands.
• 1967 – The first Boeing 737 (a 100 series) makes its maiden flight.

Births:

• 1910 – Abraham A. Ribicoff, American lawyer and politician, 4th United States Secretary of Health and Human Services (d. 1998)
• 1924 – Arthur Shaw, English professional footballer (d. 2015)
• 1867 – Chris Watson, Chilean-Australian journalist and politician, 3rd Prime Minister of Australia (d. 1941)

Deaths:

• 2015 – Ivan Doig, American journalist and author (b. 1939)
• 1553 – François Rabelais, French monk and scholar (b. 1494)
• 2016 – Will Smith, American football player (b. 1981)

Holidays:

• Valour Day (CRPF)
• * (Philippines)*
• Remembrance for Haakon Sigurdsson (The Troth)

Random Article of the day:

Baldur's Gate II: Throne of Bhaal

#wikipedia #April9 #Baldur'sGateII:ThroneofBhaal

Another tulip.

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Honey bee in an Orange Emperor tulip.

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Grape hyacinth, Muscari neglectum.

#BloomScrolling #SpringFlowers #BlueFlowers #FlowersOfMastodon #florespondence #flowers #April9 #MuscariNeglectum

Honey bee on a sarvis berry blossom.

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