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["Lynda" <lurine AT softcom.net>]

One of the joys of living up here is that we generally only have hands on 
programs.  So, for mosquito abatement, they are ditching and making sure 
there isn't any sitting water and small ponds have been loaded with various 
types of fish.

Lots of bees.

Lynda
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Wendy" <crazygardens AT verizon.net>


> This is interesting.  Last year I had no peppers.  Lots of blooms.  Most
> started to form peppers, but only got to be about the size of my 
> thumbnail.
> Tomatoes did poorly too, small and lots of blossom end rot.  This sounds
> like a lack of bees to me.  I had my theories, though.  I know they aerial
> spray for mosquitoes around here and the mosquito spray they use is also a
> contact poison to bees and small birds.   Our local goldfinch populations
> have been devastated also.  Since the West Nile Virus scare, spraying has 
>  > stepped up.  I would suggest that anyone who is experiencing a loss of 
> bees
> to check out their local mosquito control program.