A bee collects pollen from plum blossom in a garden in Suzhou City, east China's Jiangsu Province, Feb. 23, 2007. Warm weather has accelerated the florescence of plum blossom, attracting swarms of bees in Suzhou.

 

A bee collects pollen from plum blossom in a garden in Suzhou City, east China's Jiangsu Province, Feb. 23, 2007.

 

A bee collects pollen from plum blossom in a garden in Suzhou City, east China's Jiangsu Province, Feb. 23, 2007.

 

A bee collects pollen from plum blossom in a garden in Suzhou City, east China's Jiangsu Province, Feb. 23, 2007.

 

A willow germinates near the Potala Palace in Lhasa, capital of southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region, Feb. 24, 2007.

 

(Xinhua News Agency February 25, 2007)