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[Ginda Fisher <list@ginda.us>]

I was watching the bumblebees on my blueberry bushes this weekend, and it 
looked like they were territorial! Has anyone else seen one bumble bee drive 
another away before?

I was pleased to see several large bumble bees, a few smaller things that 
were probably orchard bees (but they didn't hold still for me to identify 
them) and a lot of little flies or something. Over on the apple-crop list for 
commercial apple growers, a lot of people have been commenting on the lack of 
wild pollinators this year, but I have been pleased by the number and 
diversity of insects in my blossoms. And I've never seen more fruit set on 
the Cornus Mas, although it is still early, and the trees may drop the 
proto-fruits.

Ginda
eastern MA, zone 6