A friend suggested I take a poll in the list to see what bees and other
pollinators everyone has seen this year around the world. He lives in
mid eastern NC and is alarmed at the lack of honeybees he has seen since
early spring. He is on the edge of a vast truck farming region in the
state but may of the crops grown are heavily dependent on pollinators
and commercial beekeepers bring many thousands of hives to these farms
each year, attempting to time their arrival and departure between
pesticide applications.
What pollinators have you seen where you are this year? more, less,
bumper crop, none?
I have plenty on my 6+ acres because I encourage them and have three
small wet weather ponds. I have huge crops of wildflowers for them to
gather pollen from and I leave them where they are and hope the stands
will get bigger (daisies, goldenrod, tulip poplar, blackberries, wild
roses, ragweed, eleagnus, wild cherry, wild plum and many more).
LL
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