[NatureNS] comment re Empty Forests

From: "Dave&Jane Schlosberg" <dschlosb-g@ns.sympatico.ca>
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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?

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<DIV>Here in my downtown Dartmouth pole bean patch there is at most only =
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bumble bee working at any one time. Whereas, in the past, many bees and =
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would have been present. The pole bean pollination is the worst I can =
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in almost 30 years of gardening. Maybe only one in five bean flowers =
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pollinated so far.</DIV>
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<DIV>Yet my blueberry crop (earlier in the season) was reasonably well=20
pollinated.</DIV>
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<DIV>Yours</DIV>
<DIV>Dave Schlosberg</DIV>
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<DIV><B>Sent:</B> Monday, August 12, 2013 5:06 PM</DIV>
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<DIV><B>Subject:</B> [NatureNS] comment re Empty =
Forests</DIV></DIV></DIV>
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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 =
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face=3DHelvetica> this afternoon, as I often do, and noted just =
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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.&nbsp; 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&nbsp; 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.&nbsp; 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.&nbsp; Has anyone noticed =
the same=20
thing?&nbsp; 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>
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