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<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Tra This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_00B1_01CE9A0B.03598800 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Here in my downtown Dartmouth pole bean patch there is at most only one = bumble bee working at any one time. Whereas, in the past, many bees and = wasps would have been present. The pole bean pollination is the worst I = can remember in almost 30 years of gardening. Maybe only one in five = bean flowers have been pollinated so far. Yet my blueberry crop (earlier in the season) was reasonably well = pollinated. Yours Dave Schlosberg From: James W. Wolford=20 Sent: Monday, August 12, 2013 5:06 PM To: NatureNS=20 Subject: [NatureNS] comment re Empty Forests Here is a relevant note I wrote myself on Aug. 7:=20 AUG. 7, 2013 - I walked along the Wolfville Rail Trail this afternoon, = as I often do, and noted just a few butterflies (mostly whites) flitting = among the huge array of plants in flower, especially Queen Anne's lace, = common tansy, knapweed, etc., from Wolfville Harbour but especially from = Elm Street out to the Acadia Arena. BUT what really struck me was how = very few other insects I am noticing on the flowers as I walk. = Thinking back a couple of decades (or more?), I used to see a wide = variety of insects and spiders on the flowers, and now I am seeing few = to none, plus the few butterflies. Has anyone noticed the same thing? = And does anyone know of a database somewhere out there in our world of = information that has decades of data like we have for breeding birds? ------=_NextPart_000_00B1_01CE9A0B.03598800 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <HTML><HEAD></HEAD> <BODY=20 style=3D"WORD-WRAP: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; = -webkit-line-break: after-white-space"=20 dir=3Dltr> <DIV dir=3Dltr> <DIV style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri'; COLOR: #000000"> <DIV>Here in my downtown Dartmouth pole bean patch there is at most only = one=20 bumble bee working at any one time. Whereas, in the past, many bees and = wasps=20 would have been present. The pole bean pollination is the worst I can = remember=20 in almost 30 years of gardening. Maybe only one in five bean flowers = have been=20 pollinated so far.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Yet my blueberry crop (earlier in the season) was reasonably well=20 pollinated.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Yours</DIV> <DIV>Dave Schlosberg</DIV> <DIV=20 style=3D"FONT-SIZE: small; FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri'; FONT-WEIGHT: normal; = COLOR: #000000; FONT-STYLE: normal; TEXT-DECORATION: none; DISPLAY: = inline"> <DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt tahoma"> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV style=3D"BACKGROUND: #f5f5f5"> <DIV style=3D"font-color: black"><B>From:</B> <A = title=3Djimwolford@eastlink.ca=20 href=3D"mailto:jimwolford@eastlink.ca">James W. Wolford</A> </DIV> <DIV><B>Sent:</B> Monday, August 12, 2013 5:06 PM</DIV> <DIV><B>To:</B> <A title=3Dnaturens@chebucto.ns.ca=20 href=3D"mailto:naturens@chebucto.ns.ca">NatureNS</A> </DIV> <DIV><B>Subject:</B> [NatureNS] comment re Empty = Forests</DIV></DIV></DIV> <DIV> </DIV></DIV> <DIV=20 style=3D"FONT-SIZE: small; FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri'; FONT-WEIGHT: normal; = COLOR: #000000; FONT-STYLE: normal; TEXT-DECORATION: none; DISPLAY: = inline">Here=20 is a relevant note I wrote myself on Aug. 7:=20 <DIV> </DIV> <DIV> <DIV style=3D"MARGIN: 0px"><FONT style=3D"FONT: 12px helvetica" size=3D3 = face=3DHelvetica><B>AUG. 7, 2013 </B></FONT><FONT=20 style=3D"COLOR: #001ee6; FONT: 12px helvetica" color=3D#001ee6 size=3D3=20 face=3DHelvetica>- I walked along the </FONT><FONT style=3D"FONT: 12px = helvetica"=20 size=3D3 face=3DHelvetica><B>Wolfville Rail Trail</B></FONT><FONT=20 style=3D"COLOR: #001ee6; FONT: 12px helvetica" color=3D#001ee6 size=3D3=20 face=3DHelvetica> this afternoon, as I often do, and noted just = </FONT><FONT=20 style=3D"FONT: 12px helvetica" size=3D3 face=3DHelvetica><B>a few = butterflies (mostly=20 whites) </B></FONT><FONT style=3D"COLOR: #001ee6; FONT: 12px helvetica"=20 color=3D#001ee6 size=3D3 face=3DHelvetica>flitting among the = </FONT><FONT=20 style=3D"FONT: 12px helvetica" size=3D3 face=3DHelvetica><B>huge array = of plants in=20 flower</B>, especially<B> </B>Queen Anne's lace, common tansy, knapweed, = etc.,=20 </FONT><FONT style=3D"COLOR: #001ee6; FONT: 12px helvetica" = color=3D#001ee6 size=3D3=20 face=3DHelvetica>from Wolfville Harbour but especially from Elm Street = out to the=20 Acadia Arena. BUT what really struck me was </FONT><FONT=20 style=3D"FONT: 12px helvetica" size=3D3 face=3DHelvetica><B>how very few = other insects=20 I am noticing on the flowers</B></FONT><FONT=20 style=3D"COLOR: #001ee6; FONT: 12px helvetica" color=3D#001ee6 size=3D3=20 face=3DHelvetica> as I walk. Thinking back a couple of decades (or = more?), I=20 used to see a wide variety of insects and spiders on the flowers, and = now I am=20 seeing few to none, plus the few butterflies. Has anyone noticed = the same=20 thing? And does anyone know of a database somewhere out there in = our world=20 of information that has decades of data like we have for breeding=20 birds?</FONT></DIV> <DIV> <DIV> </DIV></DIV></DIV></DIV></DIV></DIV></BODY></HTML> ------=_NextPart_000_00B1_01CE9A0B.03598800--
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