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This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0142_01CE9A82.6506BF10 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Hello Mary This year we bought OSC brand pole bean seed. In previous years, we have = been saving our own seeds from the beans. So that does complicate matters. However we have a neighbor who bought = Halifax Seed brand; and she has the same problem. We will have to contact the company to see what treatment they might = give the seed. But it would seem foolish for a seed company to treat the seed = (knowingly) with something which causes reduced yield. Yours Dave Schlosberg From: Mary Macaulay=20 Sent: Thursday, August 15, 2013 11:12 PM To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca=20 Subject: Re: [NatureNS] comment re Empty Forests Was your bean seed pretreated? If so the seed treatment may have been a = systemic pesticide which persists into the plant tissue, nectar and = pollen. Mary Macaulay, P.Eng.=20 Executive Director Atlantic Concrete Association www.atlanticconcrete.ca Office: 902-443-4456 Cell: 902-489-2000 Fax: 902-404-8074 On 2013-08-15, at 11:02 PM, "Dave&Jane Schlosberg" = <dschlosb-g@ns.sympatico.ca> wrote: 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_0142_01CE9A82.6506BF10 Content-Type: text/html; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <HTML><HEAD> <META content=3D"text/html; charset=3Dutf-8" = http-equiv=3Dcontent-type></HEAD> <BODY dir=3Dltr> <DIV dir=3Dltr> <DIV style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri'; COLOR: #000000"> <DIV>Hello Mary</DIV> <DIV>This year we bought OSC brand pole bean seed. In previous years, we = have=20 been saving our own seeds from the beans.</DIV> <DIV>So that does complicate matters. However we have a neighbor who = bought=20 Halifax Seed brand; and she has the same problem.</DIV> <DIV>We will have to contact the company to see what treatment they = might give=20 the seed.</DIV> <DIV>But it would seem foolish for a seed company to treat the seed = (knowingly)=20 with something which causes reduced yield.</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=3Dmarymacaulay@hotmail.com=20 href=3D"mailto:marymacaulay@hotmail.com">Mary Macaulay</A> </DIV> <DIV><B>Sent:</B> Thursday, August 15, 2013 11:12 PM</DIV> <DIV><B>To:</B> <A title=3Dnaturens@chebucto.ns.ca=20 href=3D"mailto:naturens@chebucto.ns.ca">naturens@chebucto.ns.ca</A> = </DIV> <DIV><B>Subject:</B> Re: [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"> <DIV>Was your bean seed pretreated? If so the seed treatment may have = been a=20 systemic pesticide which persists into the plant tissue, nectar and=20 pollen.<BR><BR>Mary Macaulay, P.Eng.=20 <DIV>Executive Director</DIV> <DIV>Atlantic Concrete Association</DIV> <DIV><A = href=3D"http://www.atlanticconcrete.ca">www.atlanticconcrete.ca</A></DIV>= <DIV>Office: 902-443-4456</DIV> <DIV>Cell: 902-489-2000</DIV> <DIV>Fax: 902-404-8074</DIV></DIV> <DIV><BR>On 2013-08-15, at 11:02 PM, "Dave&Jane Schlosberg" <<A=20 href=3D"mailto:dschlosb-g@ns.sympatico.ca">dschlosb-g@ns.sympatico.ca</A>= >=20 wrote:<BR><BR></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE type=3D"cite"> <DIV> <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 = 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. W