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[Steve <sdw12986@aol.com>]

Mark, I often notice aphids on my corn tassels. Sometimes wasp and 
hornet related insects arrive to use these aphids for food.
I have no idea what your black bees are but I'm wondering if you looked 
close enough to be completely sure they are bees and not something more 
related to hornets and yellow jackets.
If those same black bees pollinate your fruit trees, that is good 
evidence that they are bees. Having said that, I have seen wasps working 
over the plum blossoms along side the bees, so everything on the flowers 
are not necessarily bees.

Steve


Mark Angermayer wrote:
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> There's lots of bees around here.  Black bees (don't know what kind they
> are) pollinate our sweet corn. .................................
> Mark
> KS