[NatureNS] Re: honeybees etc.

Date: Fri, 20 Apr 2007 14:46:34 -0300
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As Jim reported, there were many honeybees 
working our crocuses today. With them were a 
number of small, different sized, flies. Lots of 
House Flies out today too. +17C this afternoon.

Noted also was a Woolly Bear caterpillar  which 
had to be persuaded from crossing busy Lovett Road.

Angus

At 01:28 PM 4/20/2007, Jim W. wrote:
>April 20, 2007 - Sunny and warm today, about 15 C.? in early afternoon.
>Time for shorts and sandals, although the students and Sam Vander Kloet
>changed into such summer garb long ago.
>
>I checked several beds of CROCUS FLOWERS for the presence of HONEYBEES (none
>seen during a quick check on a much cooler day, April 15th).  Iım happy to
>report that I saw a few dozens of HONEYBEES quite active and gathering just
>pollen?  Thus I feel a bit better about the earlier apparent absence of
>them.
>
>Cheers :-) from Jim in Wolfville, 542-9204
>---------------------
>Jim (James W.) Wolford
>91 Wickwire Avenue
>Wolfville, Nova Scotia, Canada
>B4P 1W3
>phone (902)542-9204 (home)
>fax (902)585-1059 (Acadia Univ. Biology Dept.)
>e-mail <jimwolford@eastlink.ca>
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