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Index of Subjects --_1358cb4b-7286-4dde-8256-561ca9731a21_ Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable =0A= =0A= =0A= Two of the NS bumble bees=2C Bombus impatiens & B. vagans=2C are first foun= d around mid-May (Queens can be earlier) & are common & regular through the= summer. Bombus ternarius (Tri-colored Bumble Bee) started to show up in so= me numbers about two weeks ago & are now quite common especially in open ar= eas near woods. They will become the dominant bumble bee in most parts of N= S through the summer into the late fall.=20 There are five other bumble bee species listed for NS & four cuckoo bumble = species. All can be considered rare to uncommon here & some are in moderate= to steep decline across their ranges. So far this summer I have only noted= one of these (two sightings). We have a large stand of Oregano (garden escape) on our property. Although = almost finished now I have noted numerous impatiens & vagans on them but no= ternarius. A few days ago I discovered a good stand of Knapweed still in blossom & vir= tually all bumble bees on them were ternarius. There are very few flies this summer although a few tachinids have appeared= recently. These should be quite common by now. There are always a few spe= cies of hover flies (Eristalis) but this summer there are few aphids. Since= larvae of many hover fly species feed on aphids I wonder if their populati= ons will be much lower next year.=20 The above comments may not apply everywhere in NS. Different opinions are w= elcomed. Angus =0A= = --_1358cb4b-7286-4dde-8256-561ca9731a21_ Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <html> <head> </head> <body class=3D'hmmessage'><div dir=3D'ltr'>=0A= =0A= <style><!--=0A= .hmmessage P=0A= {=0A= margin:0px=3B=0A= padding:0px=0A= }=0A= body.hmmessage=0A= {=0A= font-size: 12pt=3B=0A= font-family:Calibri=0A= }=0A= --></style>=0A= <div dir=3D"ltr">Two of the NS bumble bees=2C Bombus impatiens &=3B B. v= agans=2C are first found around mid-May (Queens can be earlier) &=3B are= common &=3B regular through the summer. Bombus ternarius (Tri-colored B= umble Bee) started to show up in some numbers about two weeks ago &=3B a= re now quite common especially in open areas near woods. They will become t= he dominant bumble bee in most parts of NS through the summer into the late= fall. <br><br>There are five other bumble bee species listed for NS &= =3B four cuckoo bumble species. All can be considered rare to uncommon here= &=3B some are in moderate to steep decline across their ranges. So far = this summer I have only noted one of these (two sightings).<br><br>We have = a large stand of Oregano (garden escape) on our property. Although almost f= inished now I have noted numerous impatiens &=3B vagans on them but no t= ernarius.<br><br>A few days ago I discovered a good stand of Knapweed still= in blossom &=3B virtually all bumble bees on them were ternarius.<br><b= r>There are very few flies this summer although a few tachinids have appear= ed recently. These should be quite common by now. There are =3B always = a few species of hover flies (Eristalis) but this summer there are few aphi= ds. Since larvae of many hover fly species feed on aphids I wonder if their= populations will be much lower next year. <br><br>The above comments may n= ot apply everywhere in NS. Different opinions are welcomed.<br><br>Angus<br= ></div>=0A= </div></body> </html>= --_1358cb4b-7286-4dde-8256-561ca9731a21_--
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