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Nope.  Not many around northern RI.  We've just had a couple sunny warm weeks.  The air should have been teeming with 'em.  I noticed a significant drop in sightings last season (all season) too.

 

I see bumblebees, and bee-like flies.

George Gifford

Organic Farming & Gardening
Sustainable Living
18th & 19th Century Rural Life
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> -------- Original Message --------
> Subject: [NAFEX] Honey Bees?
> From: "Hal Love" <lovehd@comcast.net>
> Date: Thu, April 24, 2008 12:24 pm
> To: "North American Fruit Explorers" <nafex@lists.ibiblio.org>
>
> For those of you in the areas hit hard last year during the Easter freeze,
> that were then hit with the severe drought, are you seeing any honey bees
> this spring? In years past, my fruit trees are buzzing with thousands of
> them, but this spring, I have not seen a single one. In fact, I have not
> seen much in the way of any pollinating insects, except carpenter bees,
> which don't pollinate well due to their habit of cheating by cutting holes
> in the base of flowers. I guess the lack of flowers last year caused the
> populations to crash.
>
> Hal
> near Nashville, TN
>
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