Picture of the Day for July 2, 2019

If you drive by cranberry marshes right now, you might spot stacks of honey bee hives near the cranberry beds. Bringing in honey bees and bumble bees help pollinate cranberry blossoms. Although this cranberry vine may have to rely on wild bees in the area as this vine is not in a managed cranberry bed but a wild cranberry native to the marshlands of central Wisconsin.

Wild Cranberry Blossoms

Wild Cranberry Blossoms

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