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--Apple-Mail-37--847090038 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; delsp=yes; format=flowed > Subject: [ValleyNature] honey bees, flowers, Daphne bushes, butterfly > > APRIL 16, 2013 - Another Sunny day and warm, much warmer than > yesterday -- up to +15 C. (vs. only 8 C. yesterday and same or less > on previous days. The warmness today has FINALLY brought out the > HONEY BEES in very good numbers, especially on oodles of garden > crocuses plus "bluebells" or Scilla or their look-alikes plus > remaining snowdrops, early hyacinths, and even one honey bee on a > flower-head of coltsfoot. Many more coltsfoot flower-heads are > suddenly up and open and wonderful to see, e.g. near the northeast > end of the paved part of Oak Avenue in Wolfville. > > I also looked along Oak Avenue for "Jean Timpa's" DAPHNE BUSHES, > and I found them difficult to find because they are endangered now > by some fallen dead branches and many big arching stems of our too- > abundant alien invasive multiflora rose. The Daphne bushes I found > were showing some petal-colour now but have no open blossoms yet. > We need someone with a chain-saw and/or an armoured suit with > clippers to do some careful pruning to liberate the Daphnes. > > Earlier today I saw a smallish butterfly fly past my house, but I > have no idea what kind it was. > > Cheers from Jim in Wolfville. > > _______________________________________________ > Nature mailing list > Nature@blomidonnaturalists.ca > http://blomidonnaturalists.ca/mailman/listinfo/ > nature_blomidonnaturalists.ca --Apple-Mail-37--847090038 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/html; charset=US-ASCII <html><body style=3D"word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; = -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div><div><br></div><blockquote = type=3D"cite"><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; = margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face=3D"Helvetica" = size=3D"3" color=3D"#000000" style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica; color: = #000000"><b>Subject: </b></font><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" = style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica"><b>[ValleyNature] honey bees, flowers, = Daphne bushes, butterfly</b></font></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; = margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; min-height: = 14px; "><br></div> <div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; = margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face=3D"Helvetica" = size=3D"3" style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica"><b>APRIL 16, 2013</b> - = Another Sunny day and warm, <b>much warmer than yesterday</b> -- up to = <b>+15 C. </b>(vs. only 8 C. yesterday and same or less on previous = days. The warmness today has FINALLY brought out the<b> HONEY = BEES</b> in very good numbers, especially on oodles of <b>garden = crocuses plus</b> "bluebells" or Scilla or their look-alikes plus = remaining snowdrops, early hyacinths, and even one honey bee on a = flower-head of coltsfoot. Many more <b>coltsfoot </b>flower-heads = are suddenly up and open and wonderful to see, e.g. near the northeast = end of the paved part of Oak Avenue in Wolfville. = </font></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; = margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal = 12px/normal Helvetica; min-height: 14px; "><br></div><div = style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; = margin-left: 0px; "><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" style=3D"font: = 12.0px Helvetica">I also looked along Oak Avenue for "Jean Timpa's" = <b>DAPHNE BUSHES</b>, and I found them difficult to find because they = are endangered now by some fallen dead branches and many big arching = stems of our too-abundant alien invasive<b> multiflora rose</b>. = The <i>Daphne </i>bushes I found were showing some petal-colour now but = have no open blossoms yet. We need someone with a chain-saw and/or = an armoured suit with clippers to do some careful pruning to liberate = the <i>Daphne</i>s.</font></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; = margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal = normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; min-height: 14px; "><br></div><div = style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; = margin-left: 0px; "><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" style=3D"font: = 12.0px Helvetica">Earlier today I saw a<b> smallish butterfly</b> fly = past my house, but I have no idea what kind it = was. </font></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; = margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face=3D"Helvetica" = size=3D"3" style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica"><br></font></div><div = style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; = margin-left: 0px; "><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" style=3D"font: = 12.0px Helvetica">Cheers from Jim in Wolfville.</font></div><div><font = face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" style=3D"font: 12.0px = Helvetica"><br></font></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: = 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; = ">_______________________________________________</div><div = style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; = margin-left: 0px; ">Nature mailing list</div><div style=3D"margin-top: = 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><a = href=3D"mailto:Nature@blomidonnaturalists.ca">Nature@blomidonnaturalists.c= a</a></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; = margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><a = href=3D"http://blomidonnaturalists.ca/mailman/listinfo/nature_blomidonnatu= ralists.ca">http://blomidonnaturalists.ca/mailman/listinfo/nature_blomidon= naturalists.ca</a></div> </blockquote></div><br></body></html>= --Apple-Mail-37--847090038--
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