WAY OT: Do you see any bees in your neighborhood?

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mack, 4/30/2007,3:51:05 PM, wrote:

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You've all doubtless seen and heard reports lately about the
disappearance of bees, which could be very serious in its
implications to crops in the future.

I just noticed that our side yard, which is loaded with three foot
plants of decorative rosemary, and at this time of year is usually
loaded with bees, busily pollenating, doesn't seem to have even one
bee in attendance. Not a one. and it's sort of spooky. I can't
tell whether they're late in coming this season or what.

Anybody care to relate their bee experience this year?

I have bees in SE VA. They are annoying and my four-year-old is always
running from them screaming his head off.

#12

"Wickeddoll®" <wickeddoll1958diespammersdie (AT) yahoo (DOT) com> wrote

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"mack" ...

"Cathy F." ...

You've all doubtless seen and heard reports lately about the
disappearance of bees, which could be very serious in its implications
to crops in the future.

I just noticed that our side yard, which is loaded with three foot
plants of decorative rosemary, and at this time of year is
usually loaded with bees, busily pollenating, doesn't seem to have
even one bee in attendance. Not a one. and it's sort of spooky.
I can't tell whether they're late in coming this season or what.

Anybody care to relate their bee experience this year?

Basically too early for honeybees here, I think - except for some
daffodils, forsythia, & primroses, nothing's really blooming yet. I did
see a fat bumblebee the other day, though. Except I don't know if it
counts, in this case... I was under the impression that just the
honeybees are affected, re: the big disappearing acts. Yes? No?

Cathy

I don't know, Cathy. I know the big news stories were about honeybees
and hives and beekeepers, but now the common non-hive kind seem not to be
around either.

Just for you, Mack:

http://cagle.com/working/070427/hulme.gif

Natalie

Cute, Nat! Thanks.

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#13

mack wrote:

Quote:

You've all doubtless seen and heard reports lately about the
disappearance of bees, which could be very serious in its
implications to crops in the future.

I just noticed that our side yard, which is loaded with three foot
plants of decorative rosemary, and at this time of year is
usually loaded with bees, busily pollenating, doesn't seem to have
even one bee in attendance. Not a one. and it's sort of spooky.
I can't tell whether they're late in coming this season or what.

Anybody care to relate their bee experience this year?

I live in SW arkansas, I am not out much, so don't really notice. but in the
newspaper the other day, one of the hospitals in Little Rock had to shut
down their Emergency Room for a couple hours, because there was a swarm of
about 7,000 bees congregated on one of the walls near the E/R entrance.

a beekeeper came, and removed them to a good home

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