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  • From: ghg3@heirloomOrchardist.com
  • To: North American Fruit Explorers <nafex@lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [NAFEX] Honey Bees? Rhode Island
  • Date: Sun, 27 Apr 2008 04:07:31 -0700

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
www.HeirloomOrchardist.com

-------- 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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