Rick, Finsky. I have no clue when our maples bloom. I am a weather watcher amongst other things, but never paid attention to the tree bloom. All I know is that our climate is temperate, we get some very cold nights and mostly warm days after the middle of February. Our temperature is absolutely undefinitive beyond doubt. I am not even sure what maple bloom is or what to look for. Maybe I have seen this occurance, but do not recognize what it is. A couple of weeks ago I sent in a picture of some pretty maple trees that had "whirlygigs" hanging down, now maybe that was indeed the maple bloom. I am going to look at the date on this picture. Hold on....OK, the picture that I was talking about was taken on May 23, obviously the "whirlygigs" are the seed of the flower, so I don't know when the flowers were actually forming. Maybe I can find out, just for a point of interest. I just go by the rule of thumb, February 14, start to feed pollen and 1:1 s.s. for brood stimulation. Much to think about. Great day. Cindi