Healthy soil and sustainable growing

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TradingPostPaul wrote:
> Bee Die-off Alarms Beekeepers, Growers & Researchers

and it should alarm anybody who eats - "Bee pollination, which most farmers depend on, is 
responsible for as much as 30% of the U.S. food supply...A Cornell University study has estimated 
that honeybees annually pollinate more than $14 billion worth of seeds and crops in the United 
States. These include such diverse food sources as almond blossoms, pumpkins, cucumbers, 
raspberries, avocados, and alfalfa. Unless something is done to protect the honeybee population 
soon, many fruits and vegetables may disappear from the food chain."
http://www.newstarget.com/021724.html

i've been thinking a lot about this in the last couple of weeks since i started picking dandelion 
flowers in my yard - so far i haven't seen one bee - last year, there were dozens and i was leaving 
half the flowers for them.

to avoid thinking the unthinkable, at first i thought it was too cold but it has warmed up in the 
last week, the dandelions are producing like crazy (lots of fritters now and wine later), but no bees.

i keep hoping...

ey
mid way up the east coast of vancouver island