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onnaturalists.ca/mailman/listinfo/nature_blomidonnaturalists.ca This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0516_01CE3B53.83F6FF90 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Hi Dave M. & All Apr 17, 2013 Looks like I must learn how to make smiley emoticons. But on a serious note, Honey Bees are not doing well either, so I = understand. We had some very cold and windy weather this winter, with = scant snow cover, so I wonder if some Bumble Bees & small wild bees were = killed by deep frost. Yt, DW ----- Original Message -----=20 From: David McCorquodale=20 To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca=20 Sent: Tuesday, April 16, 2013 10:02 PM Subject: Re: [NatureNS] honey bees, flowers, Daphne bushes, butterfly At the risk of piling on with my namesake, David Webster, are not = Honey bees (Apis mellifera) not also a non-native species that may be = compromising populations of native bees? Perhaps they are even reducing = populations fo native bumblebees that are being considered for species = at risk designation by COSEWIC? DBMcC On Tue, Apr 16, 2013 at 9:21 PM, David & Alison Webster = <dwebster@glinx.com> wrote: Hi Jim & All, Apr 16, 2013 But Jim, is Daphne not Alien and 'Invasive' ? And toxic to boot = ?=20 Yt, Dave W. ----- Original Message -----=20 From: James W. Wolford=20 To: NatureNS=20 Cc: Cosman and Whidden Honey Ltd.=20 Sent: Tuesday, April 16, 2013 8:24 PM Subject: [NatureNS] honey bees, flowers, Daphne bushes, butterfly Subject: [ValleyNature] honey bees, flowers, Daphne bushes, = butterfly 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. _______________________________________________ Nature mailing list Nature@blomidonnaturalists.ca = http://blomidonnaturalists.ca/mailman/listinfo/nature_blomidonnaturalists= .ca No virus found in this message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 2013.0.3272 / Virus Database: 3162/6245 - Release Date: = 04/14/13 No virus found in this message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 2013.0.3272 / Virus Database: 3162/6245 - Release Date: = 04/14/13 ------=_NextPart_000_0516_01CE3B53.83F6FF90 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META content=3D"text/html; charset=3Diso-8859-1" = http-equiv=3DContent-Type> <META name=3DGENERATOR content=3D"MSHTML 8.00.6001.19412"> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=3D#ffffff> <DIV><FONT size=3D2>Hi Dave M. & All = =20 = =20 Apr 17, 2013</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2> Looks like I must learn how to = make smiley=20 emoticons.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2> But on a serious note, Honey Bees = are not=20 doing well either, so I understand. We had some very cold and windy = weather this=20 winter, with scant snow cover, so I wonder if some Bumble Bees & = small wild=20 bees were killed by deep frost.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2>Yt, DW</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV>----- Original Message ----- </DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE=20 style=3D"BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; = PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"=20 dir=3Dltr> <DIV=20 style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial; BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; font-color: = black"><B>From:</B>=20 <A title=3Ddbmcc09@gmail.com href=3D"mailto:dbmcc09@gmail.com">David=20 McCorquodale</A> </DIV> <DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A = title=3Dnaturens@chebucto.ns.ca=20 href=3D"mailto:naturens@chebucto.ns.ca">naturens@chebucto.ns.ca</A> = </DIV> <DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Tuesday, April 16, 2013 = 10:02=20 PM</DIV> <DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: [NatureNS] honey = bees,=20 flowers, Daphne bushes, butterfly</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV dir=3Dltr>At the risk of piling on with my namesake, David = Webster, are not=20 Honey bees (<I>Apis mellifera</I>) not also a non-native species that=20 may be compromising populations of native bees? Perhaps = they are=20 even reducing populations fo native bumblebees that are being = considered for=20 species at risk designation by COSEWIC? <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV>DBMcC</DIV></DIV> <DIV class=3Dgmail_extra><BR><BR> <DIV class=3Dgmail_quote>On Tue, Apr 16, 2013 at 9:21 PM, David & = Alison=20 Webster <SPAN dir=3Dltr><<A href=3D"mailto:dwebster@glinx.com"=20 target=3D_blank>dwebster@glinx.com</A>></SPAN> wrote:<BR> <BLOCKQUOTE=20 style=3D"BORDER-LEFT: #ccc 1px solid; MARGIN: 0px 0px 0px 0.8ex; = PADDING-LEFT: 1ex"=20 class=3Dgmail_quote><U></U> <DIV style=3D"WORD-WRAP: break-word" bgcolor=3D"#ffffff"> <DIV><FONT size=3D+0>Hi Jim & All, = =20 = =20 Apr 16, 2013</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D+0> But Jim, is Daphne not Alien = and=20 'Invasive' ? And toxic to boot ? </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D+0>Yt, Dave W.</FONT></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE=20 style=3D"BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; = PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"=20 dir=3Dltr> <DIV class=3Dim> <DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- = </DIV> <DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial; BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4"><B>From:</B> = <A=20 title=3Djimwolford@eastlink.ca = href=3D"mailto:jimwolford@eastlink.ca"=20 target=3D_blank>James W. Wolford</A> </DIV> <DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A = title=3Dnaturens@chebucto.ns.ca=20 href=3D"mailto:naturens@chebucto.ns.ca" = target=3D_blank>NatureNS</A> </DIV> <DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Cc:</B> <A = title=3Dcwhoney@ns.sympatico.ca=20 href=3D"mailto:cwhoney@ns.sympatico.ca" target=3D_blank>Cosman and = Whidden=20 Honey Ltd.</A> </DIV> <DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Tuesday, April 16, = 2013 8:24=20 PM</DIV> <DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> [NatureNS] honey = bees,=20 flowers, Daphne bushes, butterfly</DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D+0></FONT><BR></DIV></DIV> <DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D+0></FONT><BR></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE type=3D"cite"> <DIV class=3Dim> <DIV style=3D"MARGIN: 0px"><FONT style=3D"FONT: 12px Helvetica"=20 color=3D#000000 size=3D3 face=3DHelvetica><B>Subject: = </B></FONT><FONT=20 style=3D"FONT: 12px Helvetica" size=3D3 = face=3DHelvetica><B>[ValleyNature]=20 honey bees, flowers, Daphne bushes, butterfly</B></FONT></DIV> <DIV style=3D"MARGIN: 0px; MIN-HEIGHT: 14px"><FONT=20 size=3D+0></FONT><BR></DIV> <DIV style=3D"MARGIN: 0px; MIN-HEIGHT: 14px; FONT: 12px = Helvetica"><FONT=20 face=3DArial></FONT><FONT face=3DArial></FONT><BR></DIV></DIV> <DIV class=3Dim> <DIV style=3D"MARGIN: 0px"><FONT style=3D"FONT: 12px Helvetica" = size=3D3=20 face=3DHelvetica>I also looked along Oak Avenue for "Jean = Timpa's"=20 <B>DAPHNE BUSHES</B>, and I found them difficult to find because = they=20 are endangered now by some fallen dead branches and many big = arching=20 stems of our too-abundant alien invasive<B> multiflora = rose</B>. =20 The <I>Daphne </I>bushes I found were showing some petal-colour = now but=20 have no open blossoms yet. We need someone with a = chain-saw and/or=20 an armoured suit with clippers to do some careful pruning to = liberate=20 the <I>Daphne</I>s.</FONT></DIV> <DIV style=3D"MARGIN: 0px; MIN-HEIGHT: 14px; FONT: 12px = Helvetica"><FONT=20 face=3DArial></FONT><FONT face=3DArial></FONT><BR></DIV></DIV> <DIV class=3Dim> <DIV=20 style=3D"MARGIN: = 0px">_______________________________________________</DIV> <DIV style=3D"MARGIN: 0px">Nature mailing list</DIV> <DIV style=3D"MARGIN: 0px"><A = href=3D"mailto:Nature@blomidonnaturalists.ca"=20 target=3D_blank>Nature@blomidonnaturalists.ca</A></DIV> <DIV style=3D"MARGIN: 0px"><A=20 = href=3D"http://blomidonnaturalists.ca/mailman/listinfo/nature_blomidonnat= uralists.ca"=20 = target=3D_blank>http://blomidonnaturalists.ca/mailman/listinfo/nature_blo= midonnaturalists.ca</A></DIV></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV><BR><A></A> <P align=3Dleft color=3D"#000000">No virus found in this = message.<BR>Checked=20 by AVG - <A href=3D"http://www.avg.com"=20 target=3D_blank>www.avg.com</A><BR>Version: 2013.0.3272 / Virus = Database:=20 3162/6245 - Release Date:=20 04/14/13</P></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV><BR></DIV><A></A> <P align=3Dleft color=3D"#000000" avgcert??>No virus found in this=20 message.<BR>Checked by AVG - <A=20 href=3D"http://www.avg.com">www.avg.com</A><BR>Version: 2013.0.3272 / = Virus=20 Database: 3162/6245 - Release Date: = 04/14/13</P></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML> ------=_NextPart_000_0516_01CE3B53.83F6FF90--
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