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I too am seeing more bumble bees around. The one with the all
black abdomin is the one I'm seeing most.
This brings to mind the fact that I=2Cm seeing almost no smaller
bees=2C weither native or the imported european.
Cheers
Dennis Hippern
Cole Harbour.
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> Date: Mon=2C 30 May 2011 13:08:21 -0300
> Subject: Re: [NatureNS] Bees
> From: maria@seasidehighspeed.com
> To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca
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> I too have noticed a LOT of bumblebees this year....good to know there's
> lots of them around=2C considering their recent population declines!!
> Maria Forman
> Debert NS
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> So funny that you noticed this as well. I was trying to figure out if I a=
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> noticing them more bc of the publicity around the decreasing bee
> population=2C or if there are in fact more of them.
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> I'm leaning towards more of the big bumbly bees.
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> Angela in Windsor
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> On 05/30/11=2C Paul MacDonald <paulrita2001@yahoo.com> wrote:
> > Hi
> > In recent years reports indicate a much decreased population of
> > polinating insects including Bumble Bees.
> > I've noticed the same in my garden for the past few years.
> > However this year the population seems much increased. Bumble bees
> > especially some rhodos seem to have 10 - 12 working the flowers at
> > once.
> > Whereas my observations are strickly non scientific - has anyone notice=
d
> > a similar trend?
> > Paul
> >
> >
> >
> --
> "The significant problems of our time cannot be solved by the same level
> of thinking that created them."
> Albert Einstein
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> "When one tugs at a single thing in nature=2C he finds it attached to the
> rest of the world."
> John Muir
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Cheers<BR>
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