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No bees today.
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Posted by mersiepoo 6a Pa (My Page) on Sun, May 27, 07 at 21:44
| I walked about 40 feet of white and red clover on our lawn, full sun, nice and warm. I saw ZERO honeybees and only one bumblebee on the clover. We are in the boonies and don't spray anything. |
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RE: No bees today.
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| I was picking clover flowers to make tea today alongside our township garden, and also saw no bees. So far this summer I have seen only some tiny insects that I think are native bees, and one huge bumblebee that I think nests in my yard. I fear for it, because quite a few of my neighbors spray poison about fairly indiscriminately to have green lawns. I saw it wandering up the street the other day after Iris in neighbors' gardens. I haven't seen it since. |
RE: No bees today.
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| When our dandelions first came out I was anxious to get some pictures of bees gathering pollen or nectar but didn't see any. I have 4 hives in the yard. I just took a while before the flowers started to produce pollen, then the bees started working them. Mersiepoo, maybe you should get a hive? |
RE: No bees today.
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| We have neighbors that have them (or at least HAD them, not sure if theirs got killed off or not as we don't talk to them-the neighbors, not the bees, ha ha!). I'd love to get some bee hives, but we are having some serious financial problems now and can't afford them, unfortunately. Hopefully in a few years I can save up for them. :) I even planted agastache for the bees and we have lots of bee balm and other flowers that bees like. |
RE: No bees today.
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- Posted by ccrb1 z5 IND (My Page) on
Wed, May 30, 07 at 12:33
| This is nothing new. There have been no bees to speak of for nearly a generation. While this may be a more recent phenomenon for you, it's awfully typical for a large part of North America. two decades of mites will do this. |
RE: No bees today.
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| So far this year I have not seen a honey bee or a bumble bee. Granted I don't have a large flower garden but I do have enough perennials that have attracted bees in the past. I have lived in central minnesota all my life and have watched nature. This is very unusual and alarming for me. Anyone remember 'Silent Spring'? |
RE: No bees today.
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| The reason I got into beekeeping nearly a decade ago is when I experienced exactly what you're seeing now. |
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