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Hi there,
I haven't paid close attention to insects in the past, apart
from learning some of the butterflies and dragonflies, so I am
grateful for the fine photos by Angus MacLean and the comments by
David Webster and Chris Majka, and contributions by others on this
list, for making me pay more attention.
I haven't seen any honeybees yet this year, but I have seen
a number of bumblebees, particularly on warm days. What I
particularly noticed was how sluggish they were, and two at least
were dead. I'm used to seeing sleepy bees on cool autumn mornings; |
often find them in my asters at that time of year. I hope I am not
just biased by media reports, but I was struck by Jean's observations
below, similar to my own experiences. Are bumblebees reported to be
suffering a decline this year as well as honeybees?
Cheers,
Patricia L. Chalmers
Halifax
At 09:45 PM 05/06/2007, you wrote:
> There seemed to be a few honey bees early in the spring when the
>crocus were in bloom, but now there are almost none to be seen. I have
>been watching my cherry trees, and a neighbour's Gravenstein apple tree,
>just loaded with blossoms, but it was nearly impossible to find a bee in its
>massive, old limbs and blanket of white blooms. Once in a great while I
>have seen the big bumblebees, but I am not even seeing very many of
>them, and one even looked as though it was not well, flying weakly and
>erratically, not with its usual purpose. I keep looking at our
>flower beds, and
>other peoples' flower gardens, but there are no pollinators in them of any
>sort, except some ants crawling in the blooms sometimes. A recent report
>on CBC news said there were no bees in New Brunswick. Jean in
>Wolfville
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Hi there,<br><br>
<x-tab> </x-tab>I haven't
paid close attention to insects in the past, apart from learning some of
the butterflies and dragonflies, so I am grateful for the fine photos by
Angus MacLean and the comments by David Webster and Chris Majka, and
contributions by others on this list, for making me pay more
attention. <br><br>
<x-tab> </x-tab>I haven't
seen any honeybees yet this year, but I have seen a number of bumblebees,
particularly on warm days. What I particularly noticed was how
sluggish they were, and two at least were dead. I'm used to seeing
sleepy bees on cool autumn mornings; | often find them in my asters at
that time of year. I hope I am not just biased by media
reports, but I was struck by Jean's observations below, similar to my own
experiences. Are bumblebees reported to be suffering a decline this
year as well as honeybees?<br><br>
<x-tab> </x-tab>Cheers,<br>
<br>
<x-tab> </x-tab>Patricia
L. Chalmers<br>
<x-tab> </x-tab>Halifax<br>
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At 09:45 PM 05/06/2007, you wrote:<br>
<blockquote type=cite class=cite cite=""><x-tab>
</x-tab>There seemed to
be a few honey bees early in the spring when the <br>
crocus were in bloom, but now there are almost none to be seen. I have
<br>
been watching my cherry trees, and a neighbour's Gravenstein apple tree,
<br>
just loaded with blossoms, but it was nearly impossible to find a bee in
its <br>
massive, old limbs and blanket of white blooms. <b>Once in a great while
I <br>
have seen the big bumblebees, but I am not even seeing very many of
<br>
them, and one even looked as though it was not well, flying weakly and
<br>
erratically, not with its usual purpose.</b> I keep looking at our flower
beds, and <br>
other peoples' flower gardens, but there are no pollinators in them of
any <br>
sort, except some ants crawling in the blooms sometimes. A recent report
<br>
on CBC news said there were no bees in New Brunswick. Jean in
<br>
Wolfville</blockquote><br>
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