[NatureNS] bees

From: "Roland McCormick" <roland.mccormick@ns.sympatico.ca>
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I wonder if humming birds would act as polinators? I have one that has 
visited my peach tree a number of times. I have also seen a number of small 
insects around, and I have even had one of the large bumblebees in the 
house. I don't remember ever seeing a honey bee in Barrington.

Roland
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From: "Jean Timpa" <jtimpa@ns.sympatico.ca>
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Sent: Tuesday, June 05, 2007 9:45 PM
Subject: [NatureNS] bees


> 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  bumlebees, 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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